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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: Munirah al-Bloushi <ireed4858@gmail.com>
Reply-To: munirahalbloush6@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 06:33:23 +0100
Subject: Good News!!!

Hello my good friend,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope
this mail finds you in an excellent condition of health. But if you do
not remember me, you have received an email from me in the past
regarding a multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never
concluded. I am using this opportunity to inform you that this
multi-million-dollar business has been concluded with another Merchant
who financed it to a logical conclusion.

I thank you for your great effort towards our unfinished transfer of
fund into your account, due to one reason or the other best to known
you at that time. Due to the effort, courage, honesty and
trustworthiness you showed during the course of the transaction, I
want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of
$1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars)

I have left a cashier's check for you worth $1,500,000.00 cashable
anywhere in the world. My dear friend, please contact my
representative, Mr. Rodney Bone, so that he can send the cashier's
check to you without any delay. At the moment, I'm very busy here in
China, trying to invest my own share of the funds with my new partner.
Please accept this as my token of appreciation.

CONTACT:

NAME: Mr. Rodney Bone
EMAIL: rdnbone@gmail.com

You should send him your full Name, telephone number and contact
address and ask him to release the cashier's check to you because i
have instructed him.

Thanks and God bless you.

Cordial wishes,
Munirah al-Bloushi

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