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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: shirleyhannabouroungs@gmail.com
Date: 24 Jul 2023 04:14:52 -0400
Subject:

Dear friend,

My name is Mrs.Hanna Bouroungs; I am a banker and the
personalaccounts manager to one of our deceased customer of
yournationality who worked with an oil servicing company in
Angola.

The deceased client made a numbered time fixed deposit valued
at: £2,726,405.00 (Two Million Seven Hundred & Twenty Six
Thousand, Four Hundred and Five GBP) in our bank branch Here in
London before he died.

The account is currently without any registered next of kin and
the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate. I am therefore
soliciting for your assistance to come forward as the next of kin
to the deceased for the procuring of the outstanding sum
of£2,726,405.00 (Two Million Seven Hundred & Twenty Six
Thousand,Four Hundred and Five GBP) which has been lying idle in
a suspense account with our bank since the funds has overstayed
and now due for recovery otherwise it will be covered by the bank
as unclaimed funds and would be returned to the government
treasury vault for their own usage.

However, before the death of the customer, he instructed the
bank's manager to make arrangements for transfer of the funds to
one of his foreign banks for his up keeping as he was about to
relocate back to his country because of the financial instability
as a result of the past political crisis then in the country
andowing to the circumstances surrounding his death; the transfer
arrangements were suspended and since then no one has come
forward to claim these funds. I will be willing to share 50/50%
with you after the successful transfer of the funds to any of
your nominated bank accounts abroad. 

And I also want to guarantee you that there will not be any risk
involved in this business because everything will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any
breach of the law.

I shall give you more details related to this transaction as soon
as I receive your positive response to execute this lucrative
business with me.

Regards,

Mrs.Hanna Bouroungs.

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