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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: Doris Muller<doris@cfca.com.cn>
Reply-To: mrsdorissmuller@gmail.com
Date: 10 Dec 2022 20:43:07 +0000
Subject: Attention

Dear xxx,
Due to the disheartening loss of Queen Elizabeth the 11, Your Urgent attention is really needed. Sorry for disturbing you at this moment. My name is Mrs. Doris Muller. The chief financial auditor of  Lloyds bank London branch in England. One of our customers from your Country  mr Kanamaru Masa, has a fixed deposit with my bank,  He was not married and did not mention any relation or next of kin on the particular day the account was opened.

Unfortunately  He died of Covid in 2020 .   I knew about his death because he was my friend and I’m his account officer.
Last week the General Bank of England instructed all the banks in the UK to transfer out all the Inheritance funds in their banks. Because Queen Elizabeth 11 is dead already and the Ministry of finance and the IMF are working on changing the Queen Elizabeth face from the Great Britain Pounds note.

Therefore all inheritance funds must be transferred to its owner with immediate effect. bank management instructed me to reach him concerning his funds for immediate transfer of his fund immediately, but not knowing he is dead.

I am contacting you to see how we can work together to claim the fund so my bank management can release and transfer the fund to your bank account as the Heir to the account since you are from the same country with the deceased.

Reply me back for more detail :  mrsdorissmuller@gmail.com

Thanks

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