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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: Mr E ZONGO <longinusiwunna@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hffm20@protonmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 04:49:26 +0000
Subject: Treat As Urgent

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Attn: Please,

I am Mr. Eric ZONGO from Republic Burkina Faso West Africa, My reason
for contacting you is to transfer $10.2M US Dollars to your bank
account if you agree with me.

The money belongs to a deceased foreign investor who died of corona virus.

The quest of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indigenous
Burkinabe can not stand as next of kin. I want to present you to my
bank as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of this fund. Be rest assured that
this transaction is 100% risk free.

Reply urgent for more details

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Eric ZONGO

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