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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: info service <info.service1968@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:55:43 +0100
Subject: Gold business opportunity

Good day Dear
Excuse me for my english english,I am Jean Egah,I am a consultant
from West Africa,I got your contact from the net and I decided to
contact you due to your name which is the same with a next of king of
one of my client who deposited some funds in a Bank in Dubai but died
for some time now,so I want to know if you can be able to claim this
funds from this Bank in Dubai of course we can discuss on what you
will get as remunaration.
Please get back to me if you are interested,also your whatsapp number.

Thanks and best regards

Mr Jean EGAH

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