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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: 22 Aug 2023 04:32:35 -0400
Subject: Re:REPLY

Dear Sir,

I live in the United Kingdom and I work in London, here is my
Address: Henwick Grove, Worcester WR2 6AJ, United Kingdom.

The most important reason why I contacted you is because of your
Surname. I need someone with the same Surname as you to carry the
project with me. Like I said in my previous mail I didn't come to
you by chance or by accident, please treat this deal with utmost
seriousness, secrecy and confidentiality that are associated with
it. All that needs is for you to make a formal application for
the release of the fund to you as the beneficiary to the trust
fund. Of course I will guide and guard you on this.

Desmond A. Lee from Mayama is dead whereby anyone with a
surname as you can be presented to claim the funds as relative
and next of kin.

There is no risk whatsoever attached to Desmond A. Lee was an
Investor, who has traded so much money in our bank and he has
used our bank to transfer huge amounts of money from one country
to the other doing business.

Like I said before, I have everything put in place for us to have
a smooth and interrupted execution of this project and as soon as
you provide to the bank with all the relevant documents that they
will require from you which I shall provide to you, the funds
shall be released and transferred to you. There is no other
person involved in this deal, just you and me.

Please get back to me as soon as you have received and read this
mail to tell me your mind so that I can give you details and more
relevant information and the contact information of the bank and
directives on how to go about executing this project.

Sincerely,

Mrs Shirley Hanna Bouroungs.

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