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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: Debo Eti <zamijones2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dfacepope2@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 03:28:36 -0800
Subject: awaiting your reply

Greetings from Debo Etirawe

I want you to be my foreign business partner, to help me invest my
inheritance money of Six million dollars that my late father left in the bank.

I wish to invest the money in your country, If you wish to help and be
my partners do reply back to me immediately as I will give you more
information.

Regards,
Debo Etirawe

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