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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: Jane Mandy Banat <abdullahimuhammaddbm997@gmail.com>
Reply-To: janemandybanatj@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 03:33:00 +0100
Subject: JANE BANAT

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I am Mrs. Jane Mandy Banat the widow of late Mr. Ali Banat. I'm 78 years old.
I am suffering from prolonged cancer of the breast, from all medical
indications my condition has really deteriorated and it's pretty
obvious that i may not live for more than
six months owning to the rapid growth by stage and the excruciating
pain that accrues to it, I'm from Australia but based in USA.

I want you to assist me so that FEDERAL RESERVE BANK will release my
Late husband Mr. Ali Banat $51,000,000.00USD in their bank to you
because this fund is Charity.

You are going to use $21,000,000.00 for Charity and $20,000,000.00 for
you and $10,000,000.00 for my medical treatments.

I honestly employ you to make sure that these funds are put to use
for this purpose. I realize that wealth without helping out to the
less privilege is vanity. contact me for
more information because I don't know what may happen to me next.
So get back to me, only if you can handle this transaction, and I also
need your honesty.

Mrs. Jane Mandy Banat

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