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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: Elena Nana <jakekukucso.us@gmail.com>
Reply-To: en339073@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:58:37 +0000
Subject: Greetings,

Greetings,

I am requesting your partnership to invest in Maritime business, or
real estate business. I believe that I have to partner with you as a
citizen with experience for successful investment in your country.
My name is Mrs.Elena Nana My dead husband deals in Crude Oil with the
Federal Government of Sudan and we have a personal Oil firm in Bentiu
Oil zone town and Upper Nile city. What I have experienced physically,
I don't wish to experience it again in my life. This is due to the
recent civil and Ethnic crises caused by our President Mr. Salva Kiir
and the rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar. I have been under the United
Nation refugee camp in Chad to save my life and that of my little
daughter. I want to solicit for your partnership with a trust to
transfer and invest the $8 million dollars deposited by my late
husband to your country. This is because my life is no longer safe in
our country, since the rebels are looking for the families of all the
oil businessmen in the country to kill, saying that they are the
people that are milking the country dry.
Though, I do not know how you will feel about my proposal, but the
truth is that I sneaked out from our country and moved to Chad, our
neighboring country where I am living now as a refugee.
I escaped with my little daughter when the rebels burst into our house
and killed my husband as one of the big oil dealers in the country,
ever since then, I have been on the run.
I left my country and moved to Chad, our neighboring country with the
little ceasefire we had. This is 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
Kiir and 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
proof.

You can contact me on my private email en339073@gmail.com

I will wait to hear from you so as to give you details.

With love from

Mrs.Elena Nana

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