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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: Beatrice Alfred <elizabethrafael55@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alfredbeatrice488@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:47:27 -0800
Subject: Greetings From Mrs Beatrice Alfred

Greetings From Mrs Beatrice Alfred

I am writing you base on your good profile, Please. I need your assistance
to invest in Martine business. I believe that I have to partner with a
citizen with experience to be safe in investing in your country. My name is
Mrs.Beatrice Alfred.

My late husband deals on Crude Oil with Federal Government of Sudan and we
have a personal Oil firm in Bentiu Oil zone town and Upper Nile city. What
I have experience physically, I don't wish to experience it again in my
life due to the recent civil and Ethnic crises caused by our President Mr.
Salva Kiir and the rebel leader Mr. Riek Machar.

I have been Under United Nation refugee camp in Chad to save my life and
that of my little daughter. I want to solicit for your partnership with
trust to transfer and invest the $8 million dollars deposited by my late
husband, to your country because my life is no longer safe in our country,

since the rebels are looking for the families of all the oil business men
in the country to kill, saying that they are the people that is making the
country dry. Though, I do not know how you will feel to my proposal, but
the truth is that I sneaked into Chad our neighboring country before the
corona virus pandemic in our country.

I escaped with my little daughter when the rebels bust into our house and
killed my husband as one of the big oil dealers in the country, ever since
then, I have being on the run. I left my country and move to Chad our
neighboring country with the little ceasefire we had, due to the face to
face peace meeting accord. coordinated by the former US Secretary of State,
and United Nations in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) between our President Mr.
Salva Kiirand the rebel leader Mr. Riek Machar to stop this war. I will
send you the recent statement of account and the other documents of the
fund with bank details for your acknowledgement and prove. I will wait to
hear from you so as to give you details.

With love from
Mrs Beatrice Alfred

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