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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: "ilunganijoseph@gmail.com" <ilunganijoseph@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 05:45:05 -0800
Subject: Specification of items

Good day. Please Can you partner with us?
I am joseph Ilungani , an orphan from the Democratic Republic of
Congo,It is with trust and confidence that I write to make this urgent
business proposal to you, my late parents deposited 350 kg of Gold
Nugget and a cash deposit of S$45 Million, a proceed from gold sale,in
a security firm in my name as next of kin before their death in a
tragic motor accident.
Since then I and my young brother are in a refugee camp here in
Uganda, keeping low profile and at the sourcing for a trustworthy
person whom we can rely on as a partner to assist us to move our
family fortune to a safer place where it will be used for investment
purposes.
Below is the specification of items my parents deposited;-
Gold: Nugget.
Purity: 98. 7 Purity
Quantity: 350 KG
Origin: Congo
USD$45 Million

The above is the description of our family fortune which I want you to
come and help me move and secure it your country for investment
purposes.
Please contact me if we can work this out together to enable me to
give you details you wish to know about my family, reply to me through
this Email:
,Best Regards,
joseph Ilungani

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