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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: CHARNWUT CHARNWUT <charnwut212@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 03:36:47 -0800
Subject: Urgent
My name is Dr Chanwut Masary from Freetown Sierra Leone, I'm head
department in the security and finance company here in Sierra Leone In my
department will discover an abandoned amount ($ 49.700,000) 119 kilos
gold on an account belonging to one of Thomas Bahia our
a foreign customer who died with his family in a plane crash.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html?_r1
That's why I decided to make this discovery
business proposal for you and free up money as another of
related to or related to the deceased for safety and the following
payment because no one comes to it. I agree that 35% of that
money will be for you. When you got the money
I will visit your country in your account
investment in pharmaceutical and hospital, or real estate under your
control.
Many clients open private accounts with various banks without the
knowledge of their families and when they die,
an insider with the firm will withdrawn their deposit
because none of family was aware of the deposit
I am waiting for your reply, as well as your full details do we can
move forward.
Thanks
Dr Chanwut Masary
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