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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: Angela Hernandez <hernandezagela88@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 10:53:59 +0100
Subject: ONLY DO CONTACT ME VIA THIS EMAIL / hernandezagela88@gmail.com /

ONLY DO CONTACT ME VIA THIS EMAIL / hernandezagela88@gmail.com /

I am Miss HERNANDEZ ANGELA. a computer scientist with Bank Of Africa.
I am 26 years old, just started work with B.O.A. I came across your
file which was marked X and your released disk painted RED, I took
time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees
and certificate but the fund has not been release to you.?
The most annoying thing is that they cannot tell you the truth that on
no account will they ever release the fund to you, instead they let
you spend money?
unnecessarily.

I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release
this fund to you if you can certify me of my security, On how I can
leave this country and come to yours. because if I don't leave this
country after i made the transfer, I will be seriously in trouble and
my life will be in danger. Please this is like a Mafia setting in
Nigeria, you may not understand it because you are not in this
country.

The only thing I will need to release this fund is a special HARD DISK
we call it HD120 GIG. I will buy two of it, recopy your information,
destroy the previous one, punch the computer to reflect in your bank
within 24 banking hours. I will clean up the tracer and destroy your
file, after which I leave this country to meet you. If you are
interested.

SPECIAL INFORMATION:

PLEASE DO NOT LET ANY OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT MY PLAN BECAUSE IF YOU
DO in may BE IN TROUBLE BY THEM COMBING WITH BENIN REPUBLIC BECAUSE
ITS ONLY BOTH COUNTRY KNOWS ABOUT THE FUNDS COMING TO YOU FROM THE
FORMAL PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA.THAT'S WHY THEY ARE
EMAILING YOU WITH DIFF-RENTS OFFICE USING DIFF-RENTS NUMBER TO
DISTURBED YOU SO THAT YOU WILL BE CONFUSE FOR THEM TO DIVERT FUNDS,
BUT ILL NEVER ALLOW THAT IF YOU CAN TAKE ME OUT OF THIS COUNTRY,

Do get in touch with me immediately,You should send to me your
convenient tell/fax numbers for easy communications and also re
confirm your banking details, Two methods are involve to make your
funds available for you, Transfer or by check delivery because if you
don't prefer transfer i will also make a check and deliver it by
friend working in dhl delivery company For phone conversation,please
call me on +234 8130255142 Or text me on my private whats-pp Or My
email (hernandezagela88@gmail.com ) Thank you i will wait to hear from
you as soon possible



PLEASE DO CONTACT ME ONLY ON THIS EMAIL ( hernandezagela88@gmail.com )
OR MY PRIVATE WHATS-APP

FOR SECURITY REASONS SEND ME YOUR FULL INFORMATION ALSO FOR THE
ARRANGEMENTS SUCH AS,

YOUR FULL Name..........
YOUR PHONE NUMBER.......
YOUR COUNTRY............
AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS...


Regards,

Miss HERNANDEZ ANGELA

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