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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: "Mr. Peter Mauro" <barr.frankdonkor@gmail.com>
Reply-To: informationworldwid@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 13:09:12 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello,

Hope this email finds you in good health?

I sent you an email before about an inheritance without hearing from
you. Let me reintroduce my email again to you and please reply
immediately.

My name is Mr. Peter Mauro the principal attorney at Jeffery &
Schulman Law Office based in Canada. I am contacting you because of my
deceased client who died leaving some funds with a bank in Europe in
the sum of US$9,000,000.00 (Nine Million United States Dollars).
I want to announce to you as an heir/beneficiary to the fund.

You don't have to worry, this transaction will be done legally without
any problem. If you are interested, I can give you more information
about my proposal as soon as I get your reply.

Regards,
Best Regards,
Mr. Peter Mauro
Senior Partner | Project Manager | Litigation

Jeffery & Schulman Law Office
1230 Bay Street
Suite 810 Toronto
Ontario, M5R 2A7
Phone: +1 646 553 2911
Private Email: contactebo@poczta.onet.pl

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