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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: Anita Peter <lyntonzonaloffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anitapeters167@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:41:33 -0700
Subject: Thanks

Good Day..
I am Anita Peters, 19 years old from Angola, the only surviving child
of Late Dr and Mrs Musa Peters. My Father worked with Oil Company for
twenty one years also was a gold / diamond seller before he died in a
motor accident with my mother and my only younger brother in the month
of May, 2012. My late Father deposited the sum of $8.5 Million (Eight
Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) in a Financial Firm before
his untimely death which made me to be left alone as orphan also in a
critical condition. I have decided to ask you for an assistance to
receive my late father’s money to a safe place in your country and
help me come over there for a better treatment and to further my
education. I will give you the contact of the firm where my father
deposited the money for you to speak directly with them once you
assure me of my safety and you will keep this money safe when it’s
transferred to your country safely.

I took this decision because I do not have any direct brother or
sister and my father’s relatives are against me and trying to kill me
because a woman confessed that she heard them planned against my
parents and they have their hands in my parents death, so for this
reason they think I will be a problem to them in future. I do not want
my late father’s hard earned money to be taken by his killers. Please,
consider this and get back to me with your full name, home address and
telephone number for easy discussions as soon as possible for me to
give you the contact of the financial firm where my late father
deposited the money for you to speak directly with them for the
release of the money to you as my late father's foreign business
partner.

Yours Faithfully,
Anita Peters

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