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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: Phill@pop15.openpop3.com, Van@pop15.openpop3.com,
info@igatec.de
Reply-To: phillvan01@hotmail.com
Date: 13 May 2022 05:08:30 -0700
Subject: Very urgent

Dear xxx

Hope this mail finds you doing well. I am Mr Phill Van, a personal accountant to convicted Billionaire and business mogul Mr Gilbert Chagoury. As his personal accountant one of my duties is to authorize payments and transfers upon his instructions.

I have in my possession the sum of $19,000,000(Nineteen Million U.S Dollar) which is from an over invoiced contract payment from a deal I struck with a conglomerate without my client's knowledge.


Kindly view the below link to read more informations about my client Mr Gilbert Chagoury and his conviction in Los Angeles USA:

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/mega-consulate-ties-us-to-convicted-billionaire-in-nigeria/ar-AAX5pWS?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBJDXDP


All i need is your honesty and utmost confidentiality to assist me get this money into a foreign account, once this is successful you will get 40% of the total money.
I will advise you to treat this as a top secret between you and i as i am trusting you with all this sensitive informations.

Kindly get back to me on my private email  phillvan01@hotmail.com  if you are interested in partnering with me to execute this transaction.

Best Regards,
Mr Phill Van
Personal Email:  phillvan01@hotmail.com

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