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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 John Smith <yweeerew@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johndsmith226@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 15:01:12 +0100
Subject: Please do not ignore this letter .T

Suite 11 Jericho, N.Y. 11753.
United States of America(USA)

Hello Esteemed Beneficiary

My name is Mr. John Smith from New York and I am touched by what you are
going through .I was once a victim of a scam for many years, in fact I had
to travel to different countries in pursuit of my funds and lost all my
savings and my company became completely bankrupt and my life became
miserable.

I lost hope in every one including calls i received and mails from lots of
people pretending to be of help demanding for all kinds of documents and
all been requested i was meant to pay for them, but i was shocked to find
out that all the documents/Paper works are fake that was why my efforts
were in vain since I was dealing mostly with impostors.

Gracefully i was very fortunate to come across Mr. Ghodratollah Ahmadvand
,who now explained to me a lot of things i never knew that has kept me in
serious financial Delima. He told me that it's very wrong for a bank or
other important government parastatals in charge of finance to have direct
contact with customers/beneficiaries.

That it is compulsory for beneficiaries to have a fiduciary agent who will
liaise on his/her behalf to secure all documents and then post them to the
owner for proper endorsement/execution of your signature for speedy
transfer of your statutory unreleased payment.

Though after his explanation I still did not believe it because I am
already in a state of confusion. But he was honest enough to tell me that
all the documents i have been spending my hard earned monies are free and
not to be paid for and he also assured me that he will not charge me either
for securing of the original documents or his consultation until when i
have officially receive my fund, but that i will have to take care of the
notarization of the documents and for posting it to my home for $690 only
nothing more.

I was surprised to receive the original documents in my home mailing
address and then endorsed them and was very shocked for my bank to contact
me through my account officer to inform me that my account has been
credited with my long sought $12,300,000.00 and i instantly made a
withdrawal to confirm that the transfer was real and by the grace of God i
have been able to re-establish my business and reconnect with my long
estranged family and i am happy today enjoying my retirement if you
sincerely want to receive your payment you are to open communication with
the right and legitimate personalities that are verifiable as you can find
the details below in your best interest.

Mr. Ghodratollah Ahmadvand
Financial consultant
Address: Valley Fair Mall
2855 Stevens Creek
BLVD Suite 2461 Santa Clara
CA 95050
Email: projectadviser@eib-ae.com
projectadviser.financier@outlook.com
What's-app +1 747 -298 -2833

Please do not ignore this letter .Take Advantage of my Letter concerning
your payment and Enjoy a Happy Life.

Thanks
Mr. John Smith.

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