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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: "Don Streu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <donstreu01@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 23:09:03 -0500
Subject: From:Mr Don Streu

My name is Don Streu

I am a Canadian citizen and Non-Executive Director of Tethys Petroleum, a multinational oil company operating out of London-England. I request your assistance to recover the sum of ($40,000,000) Forty million dollars deposited by my late diplomat

This money was acquired by the company and it was escorted to the USA by a diplomat, THE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED TO THE BANK BY THE DEAD DIPLOMAT. My reason for this is that I've been cheated of my rights by the company for too long simply because I'm not British. The contact details of the bank will be given to you if you express your interest in helping me.

For your help, I am ready to release you 30%, the money has been in the bank for 1 month, while I intend to look for a reliable partner. I will leave the country as soon as you have access to the money from my private investment and I have sworn never to return to London, England. Please, I need your urgent reply before my plans to leave the company are exposed.

At the moment the safest form of correspondence is via my own e-mail address, in the interest of confidentiality please only reply via my direct e-mail address. donstreu02@gmail.com Answer along with your direct phone and fax number where I can alternatively reach you. More about me at: https://tethys-group.com/about-us/board-of-directors/

If you are not willing and interested in helping me, please delete this email from your email and pretend you never received it.

Best regards,

Mr. Don Streu
board member
Tethys Petroleum.
London, United Kingdom

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