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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: Jennifer david <lou.lea.yougone@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jennifermatina02@aol.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:21:38 +0000
Subject: investment proposal from jennifer

From Ms.Jennifer Atta.

Dear Friend,

I am sorry to come to you
in this way, I am writing this mail to you with due respect trust and
humanity, i appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read
through my message, i came across your profile and my spirit lead me
to contact you, well i realy needed some one honest,truthfull to share
my feelings and my burden with you, let me introduce my self to you, I
am Ms.Jennifer atta, 18 years old the only daughter to late Mr./Mrs
atta Kenneth. My father was very wealthy business man when he was
alive he deal with car importation and he was killed because of his
wealth by one of our family member so that he will claim my father's
property which he has already don, my mother died when i was 6 years
old and my father took good care of me as his only daughter, Before
the death of my father in a private hospital here where he was
admitted, he secretly called me on his bed side and disclosed to me
about the sum of four
million five hundred US
dollars ($4.5million) he left in a suspense account in one of his bank
. and he also told me where he kept all the document which the bank
issued him when he deposited the money, and my
name was written as the next of king as his only daughter, so i am
contacting you to help me and stand as my foreign partner who want to
assist me transfer the money in your account over there in your
country as my father
instructed me to look for a foregn partner of my choice where my life
can be save, so after going into your profile my mind leed me to
contact you.

(1) Can you take good cere of me when i come over to your country
(2) Can you stand as the beneficiary of the fund since I am only 18 years old.
(3) Can you help me as your Sister/Daughter/Friend
(4) Can you make arrangement
for me to come over to your country after the money is transfered, and
further my education and also invest the money there in your country.

Immediately i hear from you concerning my request, I will forward you
all the neccessary documents concerning this deposit with the bank
contact so that you will contact the bank for the transfer of the
money into your account.

Thanks for your understanding.

Best regard
Ms.Jennifer Atta.

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