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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: Luciana Joseph <luciamalik5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: luciana.j21ci@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:59:44 +0100
Subject: Hello Friend,

Hello Friend,

Good day and how are you today? I hope you are fine? After going
through your profile, permit me to inform you of my desire of asking
you to be a guardian or foster parent to me and then help me out in
what I am about to tell you. My name is Miss Luciana Joseph, I am
(21,yrs ) the only daughter of Late Mr.Joseph Dieng. My father was a
very wealthy Gold and cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital
of Côte D'Ivoire. My father was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their outings on a business trip. My mother died
when I was 12 months old.. Before the death of my father in a private
hospital in Abidjan,

He secretly called me by his bed side and told me that he had the sum
of Seven Million Seven hundred thousand EUR (€,7.700,000) deposited
in a fixed deposit with one of the big banks here. He told me that he
used my name (Miss Luciana Joseph Dieng) as the next of Kin in
depositing the money. He then strongly advised me not to seek for
assistance of the investment of this money from his lawyer nor any of
his friends .but to seek for a foreign partner from any country of my
choice with enabling conditionals for the release of the fund which
areas follows:

1) That I must be 25 years or above.(2) That upon request for the
release of the fund, there must be evidence of investment intentions
especially outside our country, I contact you therefore to confirm if
you can absorb me in partnership in your company or possibly advise me
on any investment opportunity in your country.

1) To assist me in retrieving this money from the bank...
2) To serve as the guardian of this fund.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and to secure a residential permit in your country for me
moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of
this fund into your nominated account.

you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that
this transaction would be concluded within (14) days this fund will
signify into your account.. I expect your urgent response including
your addresses, your telephone and fax number. Thanks for expected
cooperation.

Yours Faithfully,
Miss Luciana Joseph.

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