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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: "mrsshellyann@gmail.com" <mrsshellyanna@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsshellyanna@live.com
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:08:31 +0000
Subject: TOP SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir/Madam,


Good Day

I know, this letter will come to you as surprises as we never met
before. My name is Mrs Shelly McMahan, I am in the Accounting Unit of
a bank. I and my colleagues, hope that you will not expose or betray
this trust and confidence that I am about to introduce to you for the
mutual benefit of our both families. I am writing in respect of Mr.
E.R.Perinbanayakam of a foreign customer of our Bank who perished
along with his next of kin with Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, flight
number 801 with the whole passengers on the 10th of March 2019, Open
and view the website:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=18&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjt-Yq9s8PiAhXkRxUIHXKKDV4QFjARegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEthiopian_Airlines_Flight_302&usg=AOvVaw03ayFM7HD3yJ5gVNMcICqJ

Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with
Keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no
one has come to claim his funds of £6.000.000,00 (Six Million Pounds),
which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note, I
decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin
since nobody is coming for the fund again. In view of this I got your
contact through the Internet when I was doing research on a foreigner
that I will use in this great opportunity because I don’t want the
money to be recalled to our Bank treasury as unclaimed funds. I have
also agreed to offer you 40% of the total sum and the rest 60% will be
for me and my colleagues. The reason for a foreigner in the Business
is for the fact that the deceased man was a foreigner and it is not
authorized by the law guiding our Bank for a citizen of this country
to make the claim of the fund. So the Request of you as a foreigner is
necessary to apply for the release and transfer of the fund smoothly
into your reliable Bank account as the Surviving Relation to the
deceased. If you are really sure of your integrity, trustworthy and
confidentiality, and accept not to cheat or disappoint me after this
business.

I will send you by e-mail the next procedure to follow in order to
execute this transaction .I will not fail to bring to your notice that
this business is hitch free and doesn't have any negative impact. You
should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and
easy transfer of this fund have been finalized, this transaction will
be completed within 14 working Days immediately we start the business.


Waiting for your urgent response and please kindly delete if you are
not interested. Email me with this :(mrsshellyanna@live.com)


Regards,


Mrs. Shelly Anna McMahan

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