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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: Brenda Henry <bbrendahenry@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 19:25:38 -0800
Subject: Hello

Attn.

I strongly believe you are receiving this message with good destiny and
good health.

I am contacting you for a very important and urgent matter. I am Brenda
Henry, I am the Manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana, I personally
discovered a dormant account with a total sum of $ 10,850,000.00 (Ten
million eight hundred fifty thousand Dollars) The owner of this dormant
account, Mr. William Go Kim Huy. A citizen of the Philippines who died some
years ago, he is an international businessman trying to set up a company
here in Ghana before the sudden death took place.

I contact you to stand as a relative and receive this money and we will
share it. I agree that 40% of this money will go to you as a foreign
partner, with respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 60% will
go to me.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response. This is
the only reason I contacted you; I am willing to make an investment in
partnership with you due to your wealth of experience.

I urgently await your response if you are interested.

Yours sincerely

Brenda Henry

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