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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: frank jane <frankjane320@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:32:23 -1200
Subject: Dear Friend Pls Read & Reply

Dear Friend
My name is Frank Kibaki and my sister Jane Kibaki,we are Kenyan
National,who is currently at the refugee camp here in Accra-Ghana.Please i
will like you to assist me and my sister to retrieve and receive our
consignment over there in American that contains $8 million United States
dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond.The consignment is presently
in American.The consignments get to the state through the help of a
diplomatic courier agent,The fact is that the diplomat is suppose to have
delivered the consignment to a man called MR.WAYNE RICHARDSON in
American.The week the diplomat is supposed to deliver the consignment to
him, when he got to American after clearing the consignment from the
Airport,he call MR.WAYNE RICHARDSON to tell him the description to his
house for the delivery,but his wife answered the call and told the diplomat
that her husband MR.WAYNE RICHARDSON hard a surgery which lead to his death
later.

That was why the diplomat has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse
over there in American and called us to informed us about what is
happening,and told us to look for a new beneficiary to received the
consignment.So please i will like you to assist me and my Sister to
received the consignment from the diplomat in the UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
NOW PLEASE.If you accept to assist us in being our new beneficiary please
kindly get back to us with your delivery address and phone number so we can
forward to the courier agent in UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,for him to contact
you for immediate delivery of our consignment to you.

Thanks and God bless you
Frank & Jane Kibaki.

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