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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: "Mrs. Janey Zachary" <florentbiyao765@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsjaneyzachary491@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 20:03:57 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

Greetings from Mrs. janey zachary. I have emailed you earlier without
a response from you. I am manager in auditing department with United
Bank for Africa (UBA) Burkina Faso. I discovered a dormant account
amounting to USD$11.3million dollar which belong to a deceased
customer of this bank. Late Moises Saba Masri, a billionaire Business
Mogul a Jew from Mexico who was a victim of a helicopter crash.
See site: ( http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html
).I shall give you further details about him upon receiving your
response.

I cannot do this transaction all alone without employing a foreigner
who will stand as the deceased next of kin, as bank procedure demands.
By indicating your interest I shall send you the full details about
the deceased and on how this business will be executed. Please be
informed that your utmost confidentiality is required for smooth
transfer to your account. I await your urgent response. Please keep
this proposal as a top secret and delete if you are not interested.

Looking forward to receive your response. Reply to my private email address;
( mrsjaneyzachary491@gmail.com )


Regards,
Mrs. Janey Zachary.

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