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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: Randall Allmand <davismorrison205@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gt_randallprivate2022@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:22:34 +0100
Subject: Business Life Opportunity

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Dear friend,

Greetings,


With due respect of your personality, l was very lucky to come across
your name and your contact through your country business directory.
For your kind information this proposal is not a scam. I repeat myself
this proposal is not a scam. I am Mr. Randall Dawayne Allmand, the
financial adviser to Francisco Hernando Contreras known as Paco el
Pocero, was a Spanish businessman in the construction industry, who
died in coronavirus disease (covid-19) on 3rd April 2020.

Please view the website:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_deaths_due_to_covid-19

There is this fund that was kept in my custody years ago, please i
need your assistance for the transferring of this fund to your bank
account for both of us benefit for life time investment and the amount
is (US$10,000,000.00)Ten Million United State Dollars.

If you have an account or could provide an account that can receive
the fund without any restriction, reply me at your earliest convenient
for full details of this proposal and the source of fund. So, i
decided to search for any of my late client's relative which has been
very difficult for me, as he did not declare any other person,
address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of her
deposit except her late son. I have every necessary details
information’s to make the bank believe you and release the fund to you
within 7 banking working days, with your full co-operation with me.
After successful transfer of this fund to your bank account in your
country the sharing ratio is 50% for me while 50% is for you.

P.s: you might receive this message in your inbox; spam or junk
folders depending on your web host or server network. I will be
waiting for your reply in my email: gt_randallprivate2022@hotmail.com

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Randall Dawayne Allmand

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