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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: "Zainab Shamsuna" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zainabshamsuna@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 05:21:25 -0800
Subject: My name is Zainab Shamsuna, Minister for Finance

Hello,

I have a private business proposition for you. I want $410,000,000.00 USD transferred into your account. This fund is part for the excesses gotten from the COVID-19 fund. My proposition is to seek your consent as to enable me present you as a contractor with the government, as soon as that is done the above mentioned fund will be paid into your account as an overdue contract between you and my late client or an online access will be granted to you/your company and the Federal Government, thereafter, we will share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage.

All legal documents (backup) needed as to qualify your company as a legitimate contractor will be gradually provided.

I only require your honest and sincere cooperation to see this transaction is well executed. Most importantly, this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will secure you and me from any breach of law. If this business proposition offends your moral values, please do accept my apology. I must use this occasion to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this transaction absolute secrecy. Whatever your decision will be, get back to me while I await your prompt response.

Note: This transaction will be treated confidential with absolute discretion and sincerity. Meanwhile, the transaction is a secret and confidential deal between both of us as third parties must not be involved for a successful and perfect completion.


Finally, get back to me if you really want us to handle this together with the needed details as stated bellow:
(1) Name:
(2) Address:
(3) Company:
(4) Telephone:

Get back to me as soon as possible via my personal email: shamsunazainab@aol.com

Regards,
Zainab Shamsuna

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