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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: Gilbert Wusa <tetemarc48@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infowusagilbert@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:41:35 +0000
Subject: Hello

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Congratulations,

My name is Mr. Gilbert Wasa I work with a main bank in Turkey. I will
need your consent to introduce you as relatives to our late client MR.
HEATH LIAM who died during the March 11, 2011 earthquake disaster in
Japan while traveling on business. He was a real estate mogul who
deposited £ 26,000,000.00 (£ 26 million big British) in our bank. He
died without registered relatives as he had been divorced for a long
time and had no child. I was his account manager and I have all the
necessary documents to present you as his immediate beneficiary.


I contacted you due to the need to involve a foreigner because the
bank management can not approve these funds for a native name and
hence the former owner of the fund was a foreigner and these funds can
only be approved by a foreigner who has correct information of the
account I will give you later. Upon completion of the transaction, 50%
of the money will be for me, 40% for you while 10% will be given to
two bank executives who will help us perfect the transaction for a
successful completion.


This is true and such businesses are conducted in banks all over the
world without people knowing. Let's seize this opportunity because it
does not always come. Many customers open private accounts in various
banks without the knowledge of their families and when they die, such
money will be lost to the bank forever unless someone comes to sue it.
So many bank managers make so much money quietly. Upon your approval
of this notice and in case of your interest, I will give you further
details.


Please try to provide me with the following so that we can discuss it in detail.

1) Mobile phone numbers
2) Full name
3) Address for contact and occupation
I hope to receive your response as soon as possible.


Your in a heartbeat,
Gilbert Wasa

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