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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: "Mrs. LENNY" <ssbutt07@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lennynana1@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:42:22 +0000
Subject: A Little Patience

Hello Dear and Please Help me,


With due respect trust and humanity, please exercise a little patience
and read through my letter. I feel quite safe dealing with you in this
important business having gone through your profile, honestly i am
writing this mail to you with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, i
will really like to have a good relationship with you and I have a
special reason why I decided to contact you.

Due to the urgency of my situation, My name is Miss. Kia Bruno, A
23years old female I held from Kenya in East Africa. My stepmother
have threaten to kill me because of money, please do reply and help me
out.

Thanks,hopefully you're going to assist me on this, please.

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