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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: "Gina Yanga" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <c553hd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:46:47 +0100
Subject: Notification: Unable to deliver message

This report relates to a message you sent with the following header fields:

Message-id: <814583584.2363741.1694983614048@mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 20:46:54 +0000 (UTC)
From: Gina Yanga <c553hd@yahoo.com>
To: "" <>
Subject: DEAREST BELOVED, GOOD MORNING

--- Below this line is a copy of the message


Dearest Beloved Uncle, Greetings;

Would you be willing to undertake my guardianship with the financial support of my inheritance I inherited from my late parents who were killed during the civil unrest in South Sudan? I want you to help me to transfer the money to your country and hold it in trust for me as my guardian. I intend to move to your country to live, continue my education and begin my adult life under your guardianship with the financial support of this fund. The money had been deposited by my late father with the Bank of Africa, Cote D'Ivoire in 2017 earning some interest since.

Could you please consider helping me to relocate to your country. My name is Gina Yanga, the only surviving daughter of Late Yanga Lagu of blessed memory. I am 16 years old. I am now an orphan as a result of the death of my parents, I am officially from Juba village in the Republic of South Sudan. My late father traded in cocoa in Ivory Coast during his days on earth. My parents were murdered during the last armed conflict between various political and ethnic groups in my country South Sudan. They were among the victims of the last conflict between government and opposition forces in my country South Sudan. They were brutally killed in cold blood by some anti government gunmen that stormed our village, west of Gorom in Juba during the last conflict. It was a very sad incident and an unbearable loss. May their souls rest in perfect peace.

Due to continuous insecurity, lack of basic services and unresolved land issues, I cannot return back to my country South Sudan. I am desperately in need of humanitarian assistance. I want to relocate to your country so I could continue my college education. I am presently in Ivory Coast where my late father was doing cocoa business. I have the bank document that my late father used in transacting business with one of the banks in Ivory Coast. In the document my late father is having about three million five hundred thousand dollars with one of the banks in Ivory Coast for his foreign business activities.I have succeeded in locating the bank in Abidjan the capital city where my late father deposited the money and have identified myself properly with the bank manager and also informed the bank about the sad fate my parents had suffered and also my intention to relocate abroad with the money. The bank manager confirmed the deposit document which I presented and said that my late father actually deposited the

Now my purpose of reaching out to you is to seek your kind assistance. I want to finally relocate to your peaceful country with this money so that I can be able to invest it properly and also further my education under your guardianship. I need you to assist me receive and secure this money in your country so that I can be able to go out of this part of the world to your peaceful country for the safety of my life and to also further my education under your guardianship.I do not want to lose this money to the Government and bank officials of this country that is why I have reached out to you to plead your understanding to present your name to the bank as my guardian overseas and my late father's overseas business partner so that the bank can contact you officially for the release and transfer of the money to your bank account. After receiving the money from the bank you will help me and invest it properly and also manage the investment until I am capable.

Please I plead your understanding, Because of my limited status and my low experience in life. I have no idea of the process and also do not have any idea about foreign investment and education that is why I have contacted you so that you can stand on my behalf before the bank as my guardian overseas so that I can have this money which I inherited from my late father transferred to any safe bank account in your country and after that you will help me after receiving the money to bring me over to your country to start a better life and further my education under your guardianship.

I plead your understanding to assist me achieve my dream of relocating to your peaceful country with this money. I am just 16 years old and considering my age and limited status, I would want you to be my new guardian over this huge amount of money my late father left behind. I would like you to help me receive the money from the bank as my guardian overseas so that I can be able to relocate to your country for further studies and for investment of this huge amount of money in your company. I am willing to give you any amount which you will wish to have as a percentage after receiving the money in your safe bank account. Please try and give me a helping hand so that I can be able to relocate to your country to start a better life and further my education.

It is true that I do not know you in person and we have not seen each other before but I pray that you will have it in your heart to assist me with all sincerity and honesty. I believe in God that you will be honest and kind to me and you will not betray or deny me after receiving the money in your bank account.

Please if you can assist me with all sincerity and honesty then you can send your contact information that the bank can use to contact you so that I can make your name available to the bank as my guardian overseas that will attest on my behalf for the release of the money. I hope with your adverse experience I can have the money successfully transferred to your peaceful country and I will have a better life to live in your country under your guardianship. Thank you and May God bless you and your family as you help me achieve my dream of relocating to your country to start a new life and further my education under your guardianship.

Thank you
With Best Regards
Gina

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