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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: Mr Abass Latsu <westernunio59@gmail.com>
Reply-To: latsuabass9@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:08:51 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY....

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Greetings...

I am Mr. Abass Latus from the United Arab Emirates, I work with Abu
Dhabi Commercial Bank as the Chief Executive Officer. sorry to
contact you through this medium, i have a business transaction i
would like to propose to you concerning such a huge amount of money
left in our bank by our late customer who deposited the sum of (9,500,000.00,)
in our bank before his untimely death. so reconfirm your info

Your name:
Current home address:
Country:
Occupation:
Telephone Number:
Whatsapp Telephone Number:
Age:
Gender:

He has no next of kin to claim the fund according to the record in our
banking system. I would want you to partner with me in this so that I
will make you his beneficiary of the fund since you have the same
surname and he has no family or relatives to claim funds from our
bank. Please kindly get back to me if you are really interested in
this great business opportunity,
Thank You i wait to hear from you
Mr. Abass Latsu

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