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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohamed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Mohamed00@firemail.de>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 04:52:27 -0800
Subject: *****SPAM***** Sir,

Sir,

I am the head of department ministry of solid minerals in my country Niger republic, as someone attached with the presidency through the honorable minister there is an outstanding 4730 KG of Gold with 97.16+% plus, 22 ct+ purity and 900 KG of Diamond available in the banks located in East Africa and Southern part of Africa. My boss has instructed me for a confidential sale of this treasure and convert

proceed which will be generated after sales into a viable offshore viable and legitimate project on a certain annual return on investment.

There are other funds within the threshold of $100 M and above deposited in offshore crypto and digital asset banks by the former president, the funds are ready for an offshore viable investment. To allocate this responsibility to an offshore manager, the person must come in person for the inspection of this treasure in the bank and thereafter sign an MOU with us on behalf of my boss.

Former president Mohamed Bazoum is currently in destination by the new rebel government who organized the junta that lead to the removal of the president at the presidential palace along with his wife Hadiza and son Salem, based on the current situation of the president an esteemed authorization has been confidentially issued to allocate the funds and precious metal into viable investment package offshore.

Sincere,

Regards,

Mohamed

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