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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: Hakim <nyandukoalfrida@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hakimsaadi821@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:48:12 -0700
Subject: Attention

Beloved,
I know you will be surprised to receive this message from me today. my name
is Hakim, I’m from Algeria and I lived in France. I left Algeria four
months ago, travelling by boat to Spain. From there i went on foot through
Spain and France before reaching Belgium. My purpose or reaching out to
you today is to disclose about my jackpot winning . I won the sum
$270,000,000 (Two Hundred and seventy Million dollars)on a $5.4 scratch
card, but I’m struggling to claim my winnings funds due to my undocumented
status. You can verify the news on Aljazeera.com BBC NEWS and other news
platforms. or click on this link also:
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/4/15/undocumented-algerian-fights-to-claim-belgium-lotto-win
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According to the organisers of the jackpot, they made it clear to me that
the prize is too large to be made available in cash Payment and i do not
have the papers needed to open a Bank account. two of my friends have tried
to claim the money but they were briefly detained on suspicion of theft and
later released.

Luckily, i had obtained a promise from the authorities through my lawyer
that i would not be deported until i had received my prize, but insisting
that the money could be release to me only if i can prove my identity. My
lawyer have made it known to the authorities that I have no documents and
no bank account. Afterwards, the authorities agreed to release the money to
me only if I can provide a valid Bank account within the USA or any country
of the world to transfer the money to. I have tried to use the Bank account
of my lawyer but the authorities consider the move as a breach of law.
However, my solemnly purpose of passing this information to you is to
request for your consideration to help me in receiving my winning prize.
Note: I signed an agreement with my lawyer that anyone interested to assist
me to receive my payment, would be given 40% of my money.

I want you to be rest assured that this is not going to harm you and you’re
not going to lose any dime. All I require is your honesty/Sincerity and
cooperation to enable us to see this deal through. I guarantee you that
everything will be executed under a legitimate arrangement from my Lawyer
to protect you from any breach of the law. Furthermore, it is not
mandatory, compulsory, nor will I in any manner compel or pressure you to
accept this proposal against your wish, but If you are willing to assist me
with your valid bank account, then reach out to me on my personal email
address.

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