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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: HON LUCY TAMLYN <honlucytamlyn@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fhb.banking.service@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 11:00:39 +0100
Subject: hi

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Attention how are you doing today how is your family I hope everybody is
fine?
my name is: Dr John E Peck President CEO & director First Heritage Bank
USA, Hopkinsville Federal Savings Credit Union Bank® USA
Greetings from the First Heritage Bank USA, Hopkinsville Federal Savings
Credit Union Bank® I have a vital information
which needs to be attended immediately. Did you authorized anyone to
pick up your inheritance fund from our branch in kansas city?
One Mr thamos Petter came to our office yesterday in-respect of your
$15,500,000.00 million dollars which has been credited with us for the past 2
years now by the Federal Government to be transferred into your bank
account. He said that you authorized him to pick up the fund.

This fund has been deposited in our custody for the past two years now
and we have been waiting for you to contact us but we didn't know what
is hindering you from reaching us since. So we decided to write to you
to make sure that you are fine and aware of the inheritance fund of
$15,500,000.00 million dollars in our branch office

We want you to get back to us as soon as you Read up my message, with
the following details:

Full Name:
Address:
Phone number:
Your identity card:

This above listed details are needed as fast as possible if you didn't
authorize any of your son or your friend to pick up your fund from our
branch, let us know before we will get him arrested immediately, Thank
you for understand my friend, we are waiting to Read up from you as
soon as you Read, thanks! I'll be looking forward to hear from you and
transfer your whole funds into your bank in your state .

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