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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 <shirleylpius@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bukuri925@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 18:07:26 +0100
Subject: URGENT

Hello dear,

My name is Bukuri Dervishi, I’m a citizen of Albania based in Turkey
for my previous business. This is a confidential message, I have lost
two of my children due to covid19; we came to Italy on Holidays
without knowing that things was about to fall apart. Not only did my
children die as a result of covid19; I also tested positive, and it
has defied all forms of medical treatment, I may have only a few days
to live, as a result of that I want to donate my entire Money thirteen
million five hundred and eighty thousand ($13,580.000) to you for
charity work as my promise to God since I will not be needing the
money any more. I'm donating the money to you because I do not have
any other heir or trusted person.

I am given you 40% for this job while you are to donate the remaining
60% for charitable works such as to donate 30% towards the fight of
Covid19 and 30% to the less privileges in the society. I will give you
more details on how to get the money from my bank.

Kindly let me know if you are capable to handle this, and if you can’t
please kindly reject the offer.

Thanks and stay safe
Regards
Bukuri Dervishi

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