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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Evans Oliver <webwebhaygfdd@gmail.com>
Reply-To: accountantevansoliver@accountant.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:54:03 +0200
Subject: Ref/Good day

Good day,

I would like to bring your attention to this through this email because the
chance of you receiving the funds is very high due to familiarity with your
last name.

The client fortunately left in his account the sum of USD$75.5M without a
written (will) to determine who inherited his estate and the only source of
contact was locally here hence the property where he lived had four (4)
different tenants with no specific information about his family whereabouts.

I eagerly await an opportunity to discuss this topical issue with you so
that I may apprise you with transfer proceedings and updates. Kindly
contact me on my private email:accountantevansoliver@accountant.com

Your Immediate reply will be appreciated

Kind regards

Mr Evans Oliver

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