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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: Evelyn Lauren <evelynlauren823@gmail.com>
Reply-To: evelynlauren12@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 17:41:29 +0100
Subject: Greetings my dearest

Good day my beloved, how are you doing
I'm Miss Evelyn Lauren, My beloved am seeking for your humble
assistance to help invest a fund of $5.500,000 Million Dollars for me
in your country that i inherited from my late father.

I will be happy to join you in your country to have a good education
when the fund is transferred.

Please don't deny this my request beloved, as i looks happy to receive
your goodwill message so that i will give you more information about
this fund.

Thanks and God bless you
Miss. Evelyn Lauren

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