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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: Flora Darpino <accessbankofnigeria754@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ltgflorad@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:31:48 -0800
Subject: Attention my good friend

--
Hello

I am Lt Mrs. Flora D. Darpino, a U.S soldier carry out my
duty in Iraq. I have a proposal for you. I and some of my colleagues
recovered some huge amounts of money here the last two weeks during an
operation. We just shared the money some days ago and I want to move
mine to a safe place. Why am I contacting you through this mail
because this is the only means of communication I have here. I came
across your email when I was searching for a random person online who
I can trust with this proposal. I am willing to offer you 40% of the
total money which is $4.9 million USD if you are willing to do the
deal with me and I want you to know that this is very legit.

Here is my personal email address: (ltgflorad@gmail.com) you can
reply me here if you are willing to do this deal with me and I will
advise you ahead on how I will send the funds out to you.

I will wait for your response.

Best Regards,
LT GEN. FLORA D. DARPINO

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