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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 Helen <wbessek@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 10:16:09 +0000
Subject:

--
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting my funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Japan
.Presently I'm move Japan this night around 5 am my local time for
investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I
didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now
contact my REV in IVORY COAST his name is Rev George Williams email
address regeowill69@gmail.com , ask him to send you the total of
$500.000.00 (five hundred thousand USD) ATM CARD which I kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in
this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much, so
feel free and get in touched with my Rev George Williams and instruct
him where to send the ATM CARD to you. Please do let me know
immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the
sufferer at that time. in the moment,

I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and my
new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to my Pastor on your behalf to receive that ATM CARD, Now
get in touch with him ( Rev George Williams )and he will send the ATM
to you immediately
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Helen

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