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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: Sari Amirah Wulun <sariamirahwulan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 16:33:51 +0000
Subject: REQUEST!


Greetings,

I'm deeply sorry to dig into your privacy as we haven't met before, as a
matter of fact, I got your contact address through E-mail Data Directory
while searching for a credible and reliable foreign partner to share this
information with you over this fund. My Name is Mrs. Sari A. Wulan from
Norway. I am married to Mr. Paul Wulan, An Contractor and gold merchant who
owned a Small Gold Mine in Ouagadougou; He died of Pulmonary disease in
August 2017, and our long years of marriage were not blessed with children.
During his lifetime he deposited the sum of (€ 5.8 Million Euros) Five
million, Eight hundred thousand Euros in SoGen bank in Burkina Faso. The
deposited money was from the sale of the shares, death benefits payment and
entitlements.

I have been suffering from cancer for a long time and presently I am
partially suffering from a stroke illness which has become almost
impossible for me to move around. It's pretty obvious that I may not live
long. I have been touched by God Almighty to donate what I have inherited
from my late husband to you for good work of God Almighty to help
Motherless babies/Less privileged/Widows because I am dying and diagnosed
with cancer 4 years ago. I need your positive answer to know if you will be
able to execute this project.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Sari A.

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