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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Felix" <info@vps44616nl.hyperhost.name>
Reply-To: privatematter@webmail.hu
Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 10:57:43 +0200
Subject: Please Read Carefully.



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Good day,

It`s my profound pleasure to contact you regardless of the fact that we
do not know each other in person. My decision to contact you is based on
your reputation as attested in your profile. Please bear in mind that
this mail and the classified information contained therein that I am
about to share with you can either destroy me, ruin my professional
career or make me depending on how you receive and take it. Please, I
need you to read this mail attentively to know the reason and purpose
why you receive the same. Kindly allow me to briefly introduce my person
before I explain in details.

I am Mr.Felix Nyarko-Pong a formal Chief Executive Officer and I have
stepped down as the leader of one of the biggest indigenous banks in the
country of Ghana located in West Africa. When I was working with my
bank,I handle all our Investors capital Project Funds which enabled me
to divert 1.2 Percent Investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our
Magellan Trust Funds Account whereby anyone can be presented to claim
the funds. On this note, a total sum of €62 Million Euros (Sixty Two
Million Euros) has been diverted representing the 1.2 Percent Excess
Return Capital Funds from the Investor Capital Project Funds for
2015/2016/2017.

The said amount is deposited with a bank in France and I need a reliable
and trustworthy person that can work this deal out with me so that we
can claim the funds as mentioned above as all that is required now will
be to introduce you to the bank in France as the real beneficiary of the
funds since the financial house requires that urgently and my name
cannot be involved for security reason. There is no risk attached and
the funds in question can never be detected or traced after claim. Our
sharing ratio would be 50:50. Therefore If you are interested, please
reply and send your direct telephone numbers to me for a smooth
discussion of this transaction in further details.

But if you are not interested or see this mail as a Spam or hoax simply
delete it and forget I ever contacted you. If after 72 hours I didn't
hear from you I will assume you are not interested, and then I will
proceed to look for someone else that might be interested to work with
me. This is a clean and straight forward deal; it is safe and risk-free,
as I have taken care of all necessary steps to ensure a hitch-free
movement of funds to your designated bank account.

I will await your urgent response to this mail.

Sincerely Yours
Mr. Felix.

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