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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: Broker <drvincentmbara1962@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mbacrita94@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 20:20:00 +0200
Subject: God bless

*Dear Friend, Good day ,*



*I hope this mail meets you well. I duly apologize if I am interfering with
your privacy if this request is not acceptable to you. *



*My name is Evans Broker I am a Banker, I am contacting you because you
share the same last name with our client who died of Covid-19 with his wife
and his two sons in March (2020).The Bank has been on the outlook to
contact his next of kin without success hence I contacted you since you
shear same surname with our client.*



*I want to present you as the next of Kin / beneficiary for immediate
payment of this fund.. As of today my client's cash investment with the
Bank Stands at **US$140 Million (One Hundred and Forty Million United
States Dollars )*



*Get back to me, if you are interested for more information through my
private email address below *

*(**evabroker2020@gmail.com <evabroker2020@gmail.com>**)
**info@europromdraw.co.uk
<info@europromdraw.co.uk>*



*Opportunity comes but once*





*Best Regards.*

*Evans Broker.*

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