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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: "Mrs. David Maria Sassoli" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.davidariasassoli@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 08:19:50 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE

Greetings, Sir / Madam,


I am Mrs. David Maria Sassoli, wife to Mr. David Maria Sassoli, a Italy political Party and President of the European Parliament. The name of his party is Democratic. My husband Died on 11 January 2022.

After his death, my family treasure and assets have been seized by the government with stricter measures placed to make life miserable for me and my 2 kids. Reluctantly, I have relocated to a remote location to escape the attacks from the government.

I have discussed with the manager who promised to assist me have the money out of Italy. The bank asked me to present someone outside Italy to receive this fund for us. I am writing to you because of our last family deposit in a bank in Italy. I want you to be of my help. Please reply to this email so i can direct you to the bank to expedite the process.

Best regards
Mrs. David Maria Sassoli

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