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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: Trust Wallet Program <samuelonu137@gmail.com>
Reply-To: management@unbcsdfoundryprograms.com
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 23:48:01 +0100
Subject: Urgent Attention

--
Block Chain for Global Sustainability.

Trust wallet is the leading peer-to-peer exchange around with over 100
coins supported for deposit and withdrawal. Its mission is to be the
infrastructure services provider for the blockchain ecosystem.

Trust wallet is conducting multiple trading competitions and giveaway
events to its’s users. Create an account on Trust wallet and
participate in the below-mentioned events to earn rewards, sign up
bonus, etc. Dual asset Giveaway – 100,000 Ethereum, Token Altcoin Up
for Grabs!

Create an account on
https://play.google.com/stor/apps/details?id=com.wallet.crypto.trustapp
Join the event from here.
The first 20,000 users who confirm their registration by creating your
trust wallet account to claim the mid-year bounty offers will qualify
for the giveaway.
Eligible users can stand to receive up to $500,000 asset disbursements
of various Digital assets and this depends on the number of criteria
met during the promotion period. For more information regarding the
activity,

Please kindly attend and complete the profile form assets below to
enable us to complete a forensic account audit before initiating
direct asset disbursements.

?1) Your full name;
2) nationality/country;
3) Tel/mobile numbers;
4) complete contact address;
5) Your occupation/company
6) download and install Trust wallet App;

On receipt of this enrollment form, Kindly submit the above-required
enrollment form reaching the below contact.

PUT your webmail domain.
And adm

All digital disbursements are processed in Ethereum as a digital asset
following Decentralized financial service (Defi and Cefi Protocol)
which is globally acceptable for Mass asset distribution to
individuals ( beneficiaries ).

Thanks for your adherence.

Best regards.
Block Asset Management

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