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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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Fraud email example:

From: General hospital <shirai_scl@docomonet.jp>
Reply-To: Nurse maya <mayacole739@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:35:14 +0900
Subject: To whom it may concern

To whom it may concern,

Mrs. Angela Forsyth, the account officer that is handling your compensation funds transfer, has been sick for months now, that's the reason your funds have not been transferred to you yet. I sincerely apologies for the delays in the transfer of your compensation fund on behalf of Mrs. Angela, who has revealed to me in her sickbed because of how close we have gotten, that her spirit hasn't been at rest since then because your funds should have been transferred to you a long time ago, but she trusts no one to handle your transfer. Since she got sick, a lot of envious colleagues and government personnel have been trying to get hold of your funds in the account she has been trying to transfer to you before she got sick.

She can't really talk now, she has suffered a terrible stroke and doesn't know how much longer she has to live, but she left a message for you out of the will of God. Though she didn't say the exact amount in the account, she said it's a lot of money closing up to $40,000,000.00 USD.

She said if you can confirm your details,

Full name:
Phone number:
Country:
Occupation:

and it happens to be the same as the details on the note she gave me, then I will give you her login details from where you can transfer your funds. She said the government has been trying to get hold of your account because they thought you are dead and there's no one to claim your funds, but they can't get through because she used high-end encryption to seal off the account, which means only your data can work to transfer the funds in the account. I've been sending emails to you, don't know if it ends up in your spam folder or you have been ignoring my email, but I just want to try my luck last time before giving the note to the government, that is her last wish now.

I really don't know much about banking, I'm only an attendant in the hospital, but if I can confirm your full details with the one I have, then I can send you the bank online access for you to transfer your fund like she instructed, meanwhile she said there's only one colleague of hers that works with the bank she trusts so much that can help with the transfer in case you encounter any problem, though she assured the money is still intact and it is only transferable to your personal account because she already linked your data to the account and ready for transfer before she got very sick.

Without wasting your time and that of mine, please if you are alive, confirm the information above like I stated earlier so I can hand over your access details and the bank officer's email in case you need help with the transfer.

Reply to my personal email mayacole739@gmail.com

I have other patients to attend to now. Looking forward to your response.

Thank You
Nurse Maya Cole.

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