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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: attipoe helen <attiphel3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: helena19an@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:18:38 +0000
Subject: approach

Greetings and be blessed,
My sincere apology to approach you in this manner, my name is Ms
Helen Anthony, 17 years old single girl, the only child and daughter
of late Mr & Mrs Edward Anthony, my father was a Gold & Diamond dealer
in the Republic of Togo until his death. He was poisoned by his
brother out of envy after he returned on a business trip from abroad.

Before he died in a private hospital, he called me by his bedside
and told me that he deposited cash amount of US$3.7 Million Dollars
with a Finance Bank which he planned to invest in abroad, he revealed
to me where he kept the documents related to the deposit and
instructed me to look into his business directory and choose any of
his partner in abroad who will stand on my behalf to claim out the
money and help me to relocate to outside country of my choice where
the money can be invest for my future, for this reason i am contacting
you and i humble seek for your assistant to help me, i am ready to
discuss percentage with you for your help.

I am awaiting to hear from you so i can give you further details.

Thanks, with regards.
Ms Helen Anthony.

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