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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Miss Angelina Guthy <villagers.goldminning@gmail.com>
Reply-To: angelinaguthy18@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:12:24 +0000
Subject: Subject: Greetings.. from Miss. Angelina Guthy
Greetings.....
My name is Miss. Angelina Guthy. My late father deals in Crude Oil
with the Federal Government of Sudan and we have a personal Oil firm
in Oil zone town in Sierra Leone. What I have experienced physically,
I don't wish to experience again in my life due to the recent civil
and Ethnic crises caused by our President. I want to solicit your
assistance with trust to transfer and invest the $5.5 million
deposited by my late father to your country because my life is no
longer safe.
I escaped when the rebels burst into our house and killed my father
as one of the big oil dealers in the country. I left my country and
Presently, I am here in a refugee camp at Danani in Ivory Coast, the
same country where my father deposited this fund in a bank before he
died. I can not withdraw any money from the account locally until it
hits a foreign account as the fund was meant for onward transfer
abroad for business investment purposes.
I will wait to hear from you soon and see if you can able to claim the
fund in the bank as my new appointed new beneficiary and fund manager
and I will join you to your country as soon as you receive this fund
and plan together how this fund can be invested after taking out your
commission for assisting me while I further my education.
With love from
Miss. Angelina Guthy.
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