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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: "MS. MARY DIM DENG" <gold.diamondet@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dimdengmary@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:51:15 +0100
Subject: Re:URGENT HELP.

Dear Sir/Madam,

With due respect, My name is Miss. Mary Dim Deng, 19 years old
originated from South Sudan, I sincerely solicit for your urgent help
because I am in danger even at the place I am staying as at now
because of my uncles.

My late father, Dr. Dominic Dim Deng who desposited the sum of five
million, five hundred thousand U.S dollars only in a bank in Lome-Togo
when he was the Ambassador of Sudan in Togo, was a compensation giving
to him by the Japanese minning corporation that mined gold in his
farmland in South Sudan.


My father Dr. Dominic Dim Deng and my mother including other top
Military officers and top government officials had been on board when
the plane crashed on Friday May 02, 2008.

See the Website:
http://www.sudantribune.com/BREAKING-NEWS-SPLA-minister-killed,26975

Since after the burial of my father, my uncles has eliminated all my
siblings except me that ran away to hide myself in Lome Togo in a
refugee camp and they have been searching for me to eliminate me.

I am soliciting for your urgent help to be my funds
manager/administrator hence the bank refused me to claim the funds
because of my age and according to the instructions left by my late
father.

I would be very grateful if you respond to me and relocate me to your
country for safety as there is no risk in this transaction according
to the holding bank.

In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message
indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction
sincerely and also help me to secure admission in the university in
your country to conclude my university education.

Sincerely yours,
Miss Mary Dim DENG,

PLEASE REPLY TO: dimdengmary@gmail.com

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