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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: Joanna Hardy <bmwgenius.us@gmail.com>
Reply-To: b.arristerhard2007@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2021 10:41:28 -0700
Subject: Greetings in good faith. I trust you are well and hearty.

Greetings in good faith. I trust you are well and hearty.

I know you will be surprised to read my message, apart from being
surprised you may be sceptical to reply to me due to what is happening
in the internet world today but this is a different case, your
attention to this message will change your life and mine as well.

I am Joanna Hardy an Attorney, am contacting you today because you
bare the same last name with my late client a National of your
country, he passed on due to Covid and he left the sum of
$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million USD) until his death he never wrote a
will and I wasn't successful in locating the next of kin, if i don't
do something about this till February 2022 the Government in Arizona
United States will declare the money unserviceable. With my help you
can inherit this funds through some legal actions i want to present
you as the next of kin of my late client so that the money will be
handed over to you as the next of kin for our mutual benefits. I don't
want the government to cease the funds and declare it unserviceable, I
also want you to understand that the essence of life is to make money
and be helpful to others in need.

I'm going to prepare all the required legal documents to allow the
financial institution to release the funds to you if only you accept
this offer and if you agree to this proposal, it's going to be shared
50/50, half of the funds will be transferred to you while the other
half goes to me.
It's not illegal i am an Attorney and i know what it takes to get this
done, If you are interested please kindly get back to me for more
information so that i will provide relevant details to you.
I will take care of everything till we receive the money all i need
from you is to contact the financial institution for the release of
the funds. Initially, they refused to release the money until the next
of kin contacts them.
This is a great opportunity. NOTE. This has to be highly confidential
between us. I look forward to your swift response. please kindly
provide the needed details below in order to fill the necessary forms
and send to you.

1. Name In Full:
2. Present Country:
3. Age:

Best regards!

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