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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: "Mrs.Kadi BALLA" <mrskadiball@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 03:05:40 +0000
Subject: Hello dear friend.

Greetings to you, I know that this message might come to you as a surprise.
Please accept my apology because we don't know each other nor have we ever
met before but accept it with an open and positive mind. I have a very
important request that made me to contact you, I am former Mrs.Kadi Balla,
a widow from Burkina faso, I' sending this brief letter to solicit your
partnership to transfer $7.5 M, seven million five hundred thousand Usd, I
shal send you more information and procedures when I receive a positive
response from you.

Best regards
Ms Kadi

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