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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: QUezon victorina <victorinaq21@gmail.com>
Reply-To: victorinaq1@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 01:14:37 +0000
Subject: I await your urgent response


Good day

Sorry for this mail that you are receiving from somebody that you don’t
know .
I am Madam Victorina Quezon -a citizen of
philippine,widow.
I inherited a total sum of 7.2 million dollars from my
late husband. The pressure from my decease husband's
family for this money has compelled me to leave Manila
and have the money which is concealed in a metallic
trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company
Cote d' Ivoire under a secret arrangement as a
family treasure.This means that the security company
does not know the
content of this box that was shipped from the
Philippine to under a diplomatic coverage.
My purpose of asking for your assistance boil down to
the fact that I don't want my late husband's family
to be aware or name involve, and the deposit statement of
the box authorized the company to make this box
available for shipment on request only to my foreign
business representative, though unnamed.
Hence I want you to contact the the security company
as my business partner / associate, after receiving the
prove from me to enable the company release the
consignment to you diplomatically, while I join you on the arrival of the
box.
I have recently paid all demurrage ,storage charges
and the shipment fee, all you need do is to help me contact
the security company and introduce yourself as my business partner /
associate ,requesting the shipment of the box to your address which you will
provide.
And as soon as Diplomatic shipping agent approved the
shipment and tell you the arrival date of the box then.I
will join you to give you 30% of the money instantly
before I go on with the proposed investment in your
domain provided is secured and investment friendly.
Please if you are interested and willing to represent
me as my business partner / associate kindly write me as
soon as possible.
I await your urgent response at my private email: victorinaq1@outlook.com
Best wishes
Madam Victorina Quezon

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