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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: "Barr. Yemi Wakali." <sarahkado97@gmail.com>
Reply-To: amitmarijo@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:51:15 +0100
Subject: Requesting for your cooperation

National Bank of Canada
600 Gauchetiere St W,
4th Floor, Montreal
Canada

Dear Sir/Madam,

Subject: Requesting your cooperation to receive into your bank
account ($7,450,630) Seven Million Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Six
Hundred and Thirty Dollars.

I seek your partnership in view of the aforementioned subject matter.
I wish to share with you about a deceased customer, a top government
official in Syria that has an account balance of ($7,450,630) Seven
Million Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty Dollars
until his sudden demise in a bomb blast in Syria.

The decedent already through power of attorney endorsed for lawful pay
out, you would stand in as the principal legatee for the
aforementioned funds to be transferred to your bank account,
thereafter we could share between us. I also think it will be most
appropriate if we could have a written agreement between us to protect
our collective/individual interests after the successful completion of
this transaction.

I do not wish whatsoever to declare these huge sums of money to the
authorities as an unclaimed deposit/funds that could just be forfeited
to the government treasury, similarly as an employee of the bank I
cannot personally claim these funds to myself. But with your
cooperation, we will successfully wind up the transfer of these funds
to your bank account through a transparent legal banking process, and
rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk-free by virtue of my
position as an auditor.

I await your reply.in my private email; amitmarijo@gmail.com

Best regards,

Mr. Amit Mari-jo Chouhani

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