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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: "$28.500,000" <info@rina.org>
Reply-To: fred.white2022@aol.com
Date: Mon, 08 May 2023 13:05:23 -0700
Subject: Inheritance/Contract fund of $28.500,000

Attention please!

We were authorized by the President, World Bank Group Mr, David Malpass and the Governing Board of Central Bank to investigate the unnecessary delay of your

payment, to also recommend and approve your claims for payment if the report of the unclaimed contract/inheritance funds is genuine. However, we discovered
that your funds has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of some banks.
We have agreed with the authority that we will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by those officials. Currently your
Inheritance/Contract fund of $28.500,000 ( Twenty Eight Million five hundred thousand united state dollars ) has been credited in ATM card. Contact us with

your details including phone lines for immediate delivery.
So if you like to receive your funds through this means you’re advised to contact us with the following information as stated below:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address Where You Want the Courier Company to Send Your ATM Card To or (P.O Box):
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Cell/Mobile Number:

I await your urgent response to this message.

Best Regard.
Email: fundm87@gmail.com
Email: officefile@italymail.com
Mr. Oliver Alawuba CEO, Group Managing Director & Director of United Bank for Africa

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