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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: Thomas Amaro <thomasamaro231@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 18:20:11 -0700
Subject: PLEASE COOPERATE WITH ME

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Dear Sir/Madam,


I'm deeply sorry to berg into your privacy as we haven't met before, as a
matter of fact, I will be very brief since I'm in urgent need of a trust
person
to help move out a valuable funds (BTC) bought and deposit by Arne
Wilhelmsen from our cryptocurrency company into his crypto currency account
which he registered
with our company which will later be used for any profitable joint
investment between me and you, as a civil servant i cannot do this alone, i
am the company
manager and also Arne Wilhelmsen account manager in our company which is
based in United Kingdom, no one is aware of the total amount of (BTC) he
deposited in our
company as he has no beneficiary to this funds of $488 Thousand US Dollars
(BTC) that is currently available under our cryptocurrency company placed
in an
ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary, it will be of advantage for me
to solicit for a foreigner on my behalf since the funds origin is from a
genuine source.
Total Amount is $488 Thousand US Dollars (BTC).

Below is the link to view Arne Wilhelmsen profile .


https://www.forbes.com/profile/arne-wilhelmsen/?shz64731f28d5


For more details kindly indicate your willingness by responding back with
your name and home address for further information on how to relocate this
fund.

Best regards,

From Mr. Thomas Amaro.

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