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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: "Mr.James Bays" <onuowa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: www.moneygram13@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 06:05:41 -0700
Subject: GREETINGS TO YOU

Greetings to you hope i meant you in Good Health My Name is Miss Maria
Bernard Am from Nigeria am 16 years Old, And the only Surviving
Daughter Of (Mr Abiodun Kewell) It hurt my heart anytime I remember
The tragedy of March 10th on How i lost my parent mysteriously on
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on 10th of March 2019 it is the worst
and unforgettable day in my life and the world in general were over
157 passengers were lost my heart bleed in tears because my late
father was all i have in this world but death took him away my late
Daddy is a well know man Service Officer and in the Crude Oil business
here in Africa and Asia Country where he has all is business
Especially In Nairobi Kenya .

I Have Been living a sorrowful and lonely life over here since the
lost because i have no other one to call my family i lost my mummy
when i was just 10 years Old in USA for Cancer then now my father i
have no siblings either brother or sister the only Person is my uncle
who has been treating me like a slave and beating me up all the time
and his planning all he could to Kill me so he take take my
Inheritance ever since he parked into my late father house to stay
with me as the only member of my family Here In Nigeria Because My
Late Mummy is from United State Of America from Oklahoma which i don't
have any of my late mummy family contact.

Am contacting you Because Lately Last Year December 2019 I discovered
A deposit Certificate In my Late Father Abandoned stationery which i
found out that my late father made in a Deposit a Bank Called
(POLARIS BANK PLC) which he left a Deposit Of Worth Of Eight Million
five hundred thousand Dollars $8.500.000.00 USD In (Africa Ori BANK
PLC) And i have gone to the Bank for Verification About the Existence
of the Said Funds And the Crude Oil Business which Lawyer also Confirm
to me too, And am so Glad that the Director Confirm to me that the
Money Is Intact But That i can not Be Able to claim it until i get a
well and trusted person that will help me in manage funds and the
Company until i get to the Age in which i can stand on my own.

Please I contacted you because i want to continue with my Education
Oversea if possible i want to live with you so you can help guard me
in life because am ignorant of the Business world i want you to be a
Father and Mother to me i want to be part of your family please

FINALLY, I HAVE SOME QUESTION'S TO ASK YOU PLEASE

1 What percentage of the Total Amount do you want ?
2 Are you Completely Giving Me Your Trust that you will not Kill me
3 Can i Really Trust you that you will not seal my funds with the Director
4 Are You Willing Helping Me
5 Can you Help Me because i don't have anything it take to get
everything move to your care both financially
6 We you bring me back to stay with you so i can live with your family

Yours Faithfully

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