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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: "Ms.Anna Antonia Maizza " <blessinganekwe82@gmail.com>
Reply-To: danielkahn@vivaldi.net
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:32:31 -0700
Subject: Re: YOU ARE A VICTIM OF FRAUD, READ THIS MAIL

Dear Sir/Madam

I am Ms. Anna Antonia Maizza, an Italian citizen, 60 years old. I live
here in Connecticut. My residential address is as follows. Via xxv
Aprile,153 / E - 23807 Merate (LC) - Italy, and I am considering
moving elsewhere as I am now very wealthy. I was one of those who
participated in the succession as next of kin and compensation in
Africa a few years ago, unfortunately, they refused to pay me after
approving me as the owner of the fund, I paid thousands of dollars for
various reasons while in Italy, including documents, trying to obtain
the fund all to no avail.

I then got information that Africa had signed a documentary agreement
with the UN to pay anyone who had documentary evidence of being
defrauded by a fraudster in any country in Africa, I was referred by a
victim to the man who had been chosen to form the UN approved to
handles fraud cases and I decided to contact him, God was so merciful
that he was in, so I decided to travel to the USA with all the
documents the fraudster had given me and I was instructed to meet
Daniel Kahn, Director of the US Anti-Fraud Bureau. He is a member of
the United Nations Compensation Commission and the International
Monetary Fund. I contacted him and he explained to me everything and
that the reason I had not received my funds was that I had not dealt
with the correct channels but since I contacted his office I had
reached the final point where I would get help to receive my funds and
he further advised to me that I should stop continuing to deal with
any illegal transactions with notorious people because many people had
lost their money in the results of dealing with bad ones.

He took me to the United Nations and the Federal Reserve Bank in New
York and demanded payment of my fees and funds as I had proof that I
was one of the scammed victims in the past and he appealed for payment
to me through the Federal Reserve Bank under the authority and mandate
of the United Nations. Now, I am the happiest woman in the world
because I have received the funds, plus my past fees, worth
US$120,000, and although I did not spend much, I was only paying the
official United Nations fees.

However, Daniel Kahn showed me all the information about the scammers
that were reported because they did not know that there was this newly
formed organization that could recover the funds that were scammed and
I saw that your name was one of the scammed victims and your email
address and that is why I contacted your email to stop you from
dealing with those bad incorruptible people because those people are
not fit to release your funds, which is why you are under pressure to
get the funds, as those people only want to steal out your money. I
would personally recommend that you should contact Daniel Kahn. He is
the only person that has the ability to help you get your fund and the
reason that I referring you to him is that I don't want you to be a
scammed victim again, which is why I want to direct you to the right
channels. So you have contacted the government-approved person through
his email address at (danielkahn@vivaldi.net ) and please feel free to
send an SMS to his WhatsApp number (+1 718 954 3043).

If you are ready to receive your fund, please fill in the information
for i identification purposes.

Your full name: .......................
Direct phone number:.........................
Country. ............................
Occupation:..........................
Gender ...............................
Age:.................................

Good luck while he waits for your email.

Best regards
Ms. Anna Antonia Maizza
My email address; maizzaannia26@gmail.com

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