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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: "Mrs. Lia Ahil " <hagabenjaminconsultant@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsliaahil010@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:01:43 +0000
Subject: I am still expecting you response to my previous email sent on
17/07/2021. Regards.

Good Day,

My name is Mrs. Lia Ahil (Advocate) I wrote to you earlier but you did
not respond. I need your assistance in retrieving of my late client's
funds worth ($8,500.000 U.S.) Deposited with a bank here in my
country. Note that your surname is similar to my late client's family
Surname name and that was the reason why I have contacted you to
assist me to retrieve the unclaimed funds because the bank has issued
me an official mandate to submit the beneficiary's name to them for
claim of the deposited ($8,500.000 U.S.) by my late client in their
bank or the bank will confiscate and close the account if no response.

If you are interested for more information regarding this mutual
profit transaction, kindly get back to me urgently. Our sharing ratio
stands 50%-50%. You will have the share of $4,250,000 Dollars as your
50% share of the money.

Send your information to me urgently.

1) Full name----------------------
2) Mobile number-----------------

Regard.

Mrs. Lia Ahil.

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