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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: Madam Teresa White <aka.teresawhite@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 01:58:45 +0100
Subject: Attention Please.....!!

*Good day,*

*I am Madam Teresa White from South Africa. My late husband owned a gold
field here and was a good business man. However his gold mining license was
revoked by the present government because he was an opposition. This led to
his death in July this year.*

*He told me about the large cash of money paid to him by a German customer
which he deposited with a private security vault company for safe keep,
This government will confiscate it, i try to invest it here.*

*So I am seeking your honest cooperation to stand as the beneficiary of
this money and invest it in a lucrative business venture under your full
management. We shall share the profits annually at 50% / 50%. Please
urgently reply to this message providing your contact information, if you
are interested in handling this investment money for me to enable me give
you all the details and procedure to complete the claim in a couple of
days. Looking forward to your response.*

*Contact me with this email if interested: (aka.teresawhite@gmail.com
<aka.teresawhite@gmail.com>)*
*Thank you.*

*Yours Sincerely.*
*Madam Teresa White.*

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