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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: "Bar. Dan Orimilili." <imfiimf026@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerdanorimilili@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:01:57 +0100
Subject: good news

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Dear ,friend
This is strictly confidential and must not be disclosed to any friend
or associated. It is practically top Secret. And l certainly am of the
opinion that you are one with such temperament and discretions.
Definitely we had never met before but instincts and Divine
Interventions directed me to entrust you with this.
The corn of the matter is that l had been directed by my Esteemed
Highly respected Client, who is under a serious Federal Government
Probe to find one who could be Trusted for the transfer of $500
Million into your Bank's Accounts from a Secret European Bank.
For normal formal introduction, l am Barrister Dan Orimilli, a Senor
Advocator of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. If by any way you are
interested in this business, frankly you will have thirty percent of
it. All we needs is your Bio-Data and complete details no omission.
Thus, l practically rest my case, if you are fully Cooperative than
you can speedily forwards all that is required.
Yours Ever Sincerrly.

Bar. Dan Orimilili.
barristerdanorimilili@gmail.com

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