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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: Ronald <austinema2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ronald5525@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2021 02:58:49 -0700
Subject: Hello

Attention to whom it may concern,

This message requires your immediate response, and for more viable
information which I really want to share with you.

But before I go further, I would like to first of all, introduce
myself by name, I am Leung Brook Lo, the coordinator in charge of my
Company's security and safekeeping volt.

However, let me still go straight to the point, since the outbreak of
COVID-19, it had come to our knowledge, that some of our global
clients who deposited high profile valuables, like Gold, Diamond and
even funds worth millions of United States dollars, died during this
outbreak of COVID-19 without having anyone as the next of kin.

Note, we have tried every thing that we could in order to get in
contact with any of their relatives, and were unable to reach out to
any member of their family, since the depositor did not register
anybody as his or her next of kin. But we have a policy, which give us
the decisive right to release the volt to anyone that his or her name
corresponds with the depositors name. This is exactly the main reason
why I am contacting you, and fortunately, your name matched with the
depositor's name, and I do not want the management of this Company to
take advantage of any valuable deposited under our custody. Our
shareholders are wealthy men and women already, and can't continue to
enrich themselves through the wealth of the poor. Please I need your
urgent response for more information. This is a great opportunity for
you.

Sincerely
Leung Brook Lo

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