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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: Henry Mbarilwa <henry.mbarilwa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 06:44:04 +0300
Subject: Anspruch auf Mittel (Claim of funds)

Attn: My Good Friend,

I am LTG Eric Wesley, the U.S. Army. I was serving in the military of
the 3rd Infantry Division in Ukraine . I am in Kharkiv. at the
moment. I discovered a box containing so many fund deposit slips which
belonged to one of Ukraine's richest businessmen, who was killed with
his wife in "massive" Russian shelling of the southern city of
Mykolaiv. MR Oleksiy Vadatursky, 74 year old and his wife Raisa died
when a missile hit their home overnight.

There are three funds deposited certificate slips in three different
banks inside the box (1) is Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine, (2) is Bank of
America (3) is Post Bank of Uganda. The funds deposit certificate slip
in the Post Bank of Uganda is $20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million US
Dollars). The funds deposit certificate clarified that MR Oleksiy
Vadatursky, deposited the fund for project investment in the city of
Kampala Uganda. and it is very easy to claim the funds in Uganda than
to claim the one at the Ukraine bank or USA.

Basically since we are working for the government we cannot keep
these funds, and that is the reason why I am contacting you for this
claim. This means that we are going to share the funds 50/50. This
business deal is confidential, and I pleaded with you not to discussed
it with anyone for security reasons. There is no risk involved as the
fund deposit certificate is an evidence of the fund deposited in the
Post Bank Uganda.

I assure you that this transaction is risk free and its success is
100% guaranteed. Contact me to my email below so that I can send you
the fund deposit certificate as the proof of the funds in the Post
Bank Uganda and I will also advise how to go about the claim of the
funds.

Contact me for more clarification through my EMAIL: lgtericwesley@gmail.com

Yours faithfully
LTG Eric Wesley,
The U.S. Army
Email: lgtericwesley@gmail.com

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