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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: Sandrina Omaru <sandrina.omaru2022@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 19:53:12 +0200
Subject: Naj te Bog blagoslovi

Naj te Bog blagoslovi

Lep pozdrav,

Z globokim spoštovanjem in ponižnostjo vas prosim, da navedem
naslednjih nekaj vrstic v vašo prijaznost, upam, da boste prihranili
nekaj svojih dragocenih minut in s sočutjem prebrali naslednji poziv.
Priznati moram, da vam pišem to e-poštno sporočilo z velikim upanjem,
veseljem in navdušenjem, za katerega vem in z vero verjamem, da vas
mora zagotovo najti v dobrem zdravstvenem stanju.

Sem gospodična Sandrina Omaru, hči pokojnega gospoda Williamsa
Omaruja. Pred smrtjo mojega očeta me je poklical in me obvestil, da
ima vsoto tri milijone šeststo tisoč evrov. (3.600.000,00 €), ki jih
je položil v zasebna banka tukaj v Abidjan Slonokoščeni obali.

Povedal mi je, da je denar položil na moje ime, in mi dal tudi vse
potrebne pravne dokumente v zvezi s tem depozitom pri banki, jaz sem
dodiplomski študij in res ne vem, kaj naj naredim. Zdaj želim
poštenega in BOGA boječega partnerja v tujini, ki mu lahko prenesem ta
denar z njegovo pomočjo, in po transakciji bom prišel in stalno
prebival v vaši državi do trenutka, ko bo primerno, da se vrnem domov,
če tako želja. To je zato, ker sem zaradi nenehne politične krize
tukaj na Slonokoščeni obali utrpel veliko škode.

Prosim, upoštevajte to in se čim prej oglasite pri meni. Takoj potrdim
vašo pripravljenost, poslal vam bom svojo sliko in vas obvestil o več
podrobnostih v zvezi s to zadevo.

Prijazni pozdravi,
Gospa Sandrina Omaru

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