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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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Fraud email example:

From: Amira Hom <amirahom746@gmail.com>
Reply-To: martinander47@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:29:14 +0000
Subject: HELLO DEAR,YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED.

Your kind Attention dear...
Greetings to you.
Do not be astonished to have me send this mail to you due to the fact
that i don’t know you in person, however, my spirit directs me to
solicit for your kind cooperation to this deal, that’s the reason I
contacted you.

Subsequently, note that I got your email contacts during my search on
the World journal online record list file and decided to ask for your
corporation as my instinct kept pushing me to you. I can tell from all
indications you’re very sincere and a good person. I’m Captain
Anderson Martin of the US Army currently in Ukraine as a solo
surveillance intelligence to the US government on Russia invasion to
Ukraine.

On this, I contacted you to know if you can be a trusted person to me,
it’s very obvious you’re aware of what is going on in UKRAINE as the
Russian government is invading KYIV, the country’s capital, this
invasion has brought the UKRAINE Economy down. Due to my call of duty
as Solo Surveillance intelligence to the US government I was
opportuned to have a private discussion with the UKRAINE finance
minister Mr. Serhiy Marchenko in this discussion, he trusted in me the
chance to move out the Sum of $2,000 000 USD (TWO MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ) in my name through a Citecreditbank, after which I
helped him secure an important security bilateral relationship with
NATO finance department. So I need your full name, complete address,
and phone number, copy of your I’D Card or passport and account
details to proceed with this deal through a citecreditbank leading UAE
bank.

Mr. Serhiy Marchenko, However, he vowed to give me maximum protection
after this deal, as he has the power to wipe out the currency data
from the UKRAINE CENTRAL BANK. So this is a RISKY free transaction. As
for the percentage, the deal is a 50/50 percentage as I would not want
you to betray me on this once I push this fund to you through a UAE
leading bank.

Kindly get back to me as soon as possible if you're interested in this
deal,I wait to hear from you.
Regards Captain Anderson.

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