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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: Carolina Dino <wellsfargobankindian@gmail.com>
Reply-To: CarolinaDino2020@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 11:57:40 +0100
Subject: Your funds in the sum of US$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States

Attn: ,

We write to acknowledge the receipt of your mail today for the
remittance of your funds in the sum of US$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) being your contract
into our Atm card, in line with the instruction from the office of the
Finance ministry.

Your full receiving address where the card is to be sent to has been
noted. We want to bring to your notice that before the funds could be
remitted into the atm card, you are to sign the FUNDS TRANSFER RELEASE
ORDER DOCUMENTS which is the authorisation for the bank to transfer
your funds. As soon as this is done, we will have to transfer your
$10,500,000.00 into the atm card for onward sending to you.

In view of the above, you are requested to choose from the option of
coming down here for signing of the documents ,or alternatively
request that the documents be signed on your behalf by the banks
accredited lawyer because of distance with the sum of $105 only. Here
below is the information on how we can receive the signing fee via
western union, in case you wont be able to travel down here.

1) Amazon card of $105
2) Itunes card of $105
3) google play card of $105

Lastly you are warned to disregard any other contact with other
offices or Banks unless as been directed by this Bank. We are very
sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past.

Thanks for adhering to this instruction. And once again congratulations

Yours faithfully
Waiting to hear from you.
Carolina Dino

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