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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: AISHA LAWAL <evangelistmiraclemissionary64@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:27:01 +0100
Subject: RE; REMINDER

Hello

I am Miss. Aisha Lawal, I am an 18 yrs old girl whose parents were
assassinated in cold blood by the terrorist group Boko Haram in west
Africa Nigeria and destroyed their house,

I am temporally seeking protection in Internally Displaced Persons
camps in Borno State Nigeria, I came across this email ID and have
decided to ask you for this request, it is true that i don't know you
and you don't know me, but I believe if you have a kind heart you can
be off help to me.

I write to say that i want your assistance to come over to your home
country to start a new life, I am not safe and free here in the
Internally Displaced Persons camps in Borno State Nigeria as the Boko
Haram terrorist group are fighting to come and bomb the Internally
Displaced Persons camps and I will loose my poor life if the succeed
bombing the the Internally Displaced Persons camps.

I inherited a legacy of $900,000.00(Nine Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) from my late parents before the pass on, I am asking for your
trust-ship to secure this money for me in a trust account, and to also
help me come over to your home country for a new life before the Boko
Haram Terrorist group will succeed in bombing the Internally Displaced
Persons camps, please feel very free to write me back immediately you
receive this mail.


Millions of people became homeless when the terrorist group Boko Haram
appeared in Borno, in the last seven years and below link is the
videos/pictures of the damages the caused to peoples life. Please
click on the link below for you to see what I am telling you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRWFXYtyOFE

https://www.dw.com/en/boko-haram-kill-65-people-at-funeral-in-nigeria/av-49794023

https://www.ndtv.com/topic/boko-haram

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48660150

https://www.aljazeera.com/topics/organisations/boko-haram.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internally_Displaced_Person_Camps_in_Borno

I wait to hear from you soon.

Yours Sincerely,
Miss. Aisha Lawal

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