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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: Miss Chanlina Chan <correo@protege.cll>
Reply-To: <chanlinachann01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:02:46 -0800
Subject: Reply me urgent if you are interested

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Dear Friend

How is your day going?Nice to meet you .I want to discuss something
very important with you.I have a strong feeling that you are a
trustworthy person.,But you must promise me that you will never
disappoint me

I am an assistant marketing manager in a bank here in Phnom penh
Cambodia.One of Our late customer from your country have the same name
as yours . He died 4 years ago and left $10.7 million United States
dollars in his account .Since then no relatives have come to claim his
money .

I think we can work things out.Unfortunately my client died with his
family in a car crash during summer holiday of 2017 in France. I will
explain everything to you if you are interested .but you have to
promise me that I can trust you.

Get back to me at this email address ( chanlinachann01@gmail.com ) if
you are interested so I can explain the procedures and what we need to
do to claim the funds within 2 weeks.

Yours Chanlina

Regards.
Miss Chanlina Chan

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