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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: keven kieta <kevenkieta@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:30:00 -0100
Subject: Get back to me

ATTENTION;Sir/Madam

I Am Barrister . Keven Kieta I am contacting you because of your family name. I
had a client from your home country, which had the name of yours
family. He lived and worked here until his death. He was known as an
Engineer , he had an unfinished transaction worth Three Million Seven
Hundred Thousand Euros( ) with a bank here before his death and after
his death there was no relative of his extended family to gets the
money from the bank. That'is why I decided to make the genetic search
with the family name to anyone, presented to the bank to get an
inheritance. Given your family's name and nationality, which is the
same with my client, I need your immediate consent to present you to
the bank claim an inheritance worth several million . It is very
important and I need your prompt response, because the bank is going
to freeze his heritage as overdue. Send me below details ,

Your Full Names : ...............
Contact Address : ...............
Age: ..........................................
Mobile No : .....................
Occupation : ....................

NB: Please get back to me with above info As soon as possible
for more details and understanding.
Thanks
Barrister Keven Kieta

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