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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.E. PATRICK" <ptelainne@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elainepatrick01@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:10:55 +0200
Subject: Mrs. Elaine Patrick.

How are you?
I am, Mrs. Elaine Patrick,, Regional Bank manager of one local banks
here in ABIDJAN-Cote D'Ivoire. I discovered an excess profit of Seven
Million Two hundred United States Dollars which is kept in suspense
account without any beneficiary. That is why am contacting you for us
to work together to get the said fund transfer to your bank account
and the percentage ratio is forty percent for you and sixty percent
for me. All i need from you is to stand as the depositor next of kin,
so that our bank head office will order the transfer to your
designated bank account. If you accept this offer to work with me,
kindly reply for full details.
Best Regards,
Mrs. Elaine Patrick,

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