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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: Bukuri Dervishi <cboisson165@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bukuri925@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:15:00 +0000
Subject: URGENT

Hello my Dear

I'm Bukuri Dervishi; I was born on August 5, 1959, a citizen of
Albania resident in northern Italy. Am into Real Estate & Properties,
Travel &Tourism.I have been infected with coronavirus. From all
indication my condition is really deteriorating as I've been
quarantine here knowing that I may not have much days left; this is
because my condition has reached a critical stage and I can hardly
breath.

It has been my dream to create an appropriate channel to reach out to
the society through a well articulated philanthropic avenue that will
enhance the living standard of a particular segment of our societies
who are at the receiving end of government negligence and
irresponsible leadership in many nations where children and women are
the most vulnerable to deceases, child abuse and many social vices in
our world today.

After much emotional reflections on how best to give back to the
society and having prayed over it often time, I came to a conclusion
to donate the sum of $13.580 million USD to you for this humanitarian
purposes.Considering my present health state, I therefore took this
bold step of donating the fund to you. I want you to use this fund in
all sincerity to help the least privileges in any country of your
choice and donate to this Pandemic called Covid19.

If you will accept to stand in the gap for me to carry out this last
wish of a dying woman, I will give you 30% as your commission while
you are to give 20% to my former Steward from Turkey who has retired
from service. You are to use 30% for Charitable Work/Projects and 20%
as donation towards fighting Covid19. Please, I do not need any
telephone conversation for now as I can't talk over the phone. All I
need is a person of integrity and void of selfishness; I am writing
this message with so much pain and tears and I hope you will be of
great help for me towards achieving this goal for the benefit of
mankind and to the glory of God. There are lots of internet scam and
fraud which makes me skeptical of whom to trust with this huge
project.

My health is unstable now and anything can happen, my conversation
with you is coordinated with my last strength and I might not be
communicating again, my health deteriorate every minutes of the day.
Remember I'm entrusting you with this great humanitarian project as my
last wish believing that you will not in away disappoint me.

I will like you to contact my former Steward and introduce yourself to
him, he will give you every assistance you might need and should in
case you need any information about me or my family, and he knows it
all. He is aware of this bold step that I have taken and he has
promised to ensure that the wish of a dying childless widow is carried
out to the latter as I lost my children who were supposed to be my
heir to a car crash.

I have also decided to give him access to my email box in case I'm not
able to write you again. His name is Viron Matarangas

He stands the better chance to initiate communication between you and
the bank so I advise you always seek his counsel towards making this
project a reality.

May God strengthen and equip you for this very task and please do
remember me in your prayers because I need it now the most. It shall
be well with you.

Stay Bless
Bukuri Dervishi.

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