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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. Anderson Wallace" <hnrpepe@gmail.com>
Reply-To: treasurydepartment004@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:11:33 +0100
Subject: Mr. Anderson Wallace From Republic Of Uganda, Treasury Department

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Attention and Greetings,

I am Mr. Anderson Wallace, from Republic of Uganda, the chair person
in charge of treasury department International wire transfers of
Ministry of Finance, Uganda. because this is to inform you that your
fund was brought to my desk because the director & management of the
western union & money gram transfer have declared to divert your fund
into government treasury account just because you can not pay the wire
transfer fee.

In reasoning wisely to this complain I told them to wait until I hear
from you today so that I will know the reason why you decide to reject
such amount of money $2.5 Million which is your rightful&legal
overdue inheritance payment just because of transfer fee the reason
why i sent this email to you is because its your sweat and for this
reason you still have this last chance to claim your fund if you can
send USD $75.00 today because i have already arranged your wires ready
for its daily wires to you but failing to do this, i will allow them
to have power over your fund and am very sorry if you failed as this
is the last chance.

Therefore,your are to comply with the $75.00 immediately you receive
this email today, USD $2.5 Million will be send to you via western
union or money gram transfer but the maximum amount officially allow
for it per day is $25,000 until you receive your complete USD $2.5
Million from here the second option is for you to send me the full
detail of your bank account if you want your fund transfer direct in
to your bank account at once. after you have sent the $75.00,you are
to indicate your wish to receive your funds as I have stated above and
the funds will be released to you without any hitch.

Thanks
Mr. Anderson Wallace
From Uganda, Treasury Department

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