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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: "Mrs. Garcia.E" <ortiz@baileedooley.live>
Reply-To: infoomonno@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 07:21:15 -0800
Subject: Betreft: DRINGEND 28/02/2024

REF: CAIXA/EUR/ES401-24

28/02/24.

Groeten,

Hoe gaat het, ik hoop dat het goed met je gaat! gebruikt u deze e-mail nog steeds, zo JA, reageer dan dringend op een belangrijke zakelijke transactie om met u te bespreken over onze overleden klant die stierf zonder nabestaanden in zijn accountbestand. Als u geïnteresseerd bent, neem dan contact met mij op voor volledige informatie! Als u enige reden heeft om dit project af te wijzen, vernietig dan dit bericht.

Ik wacht op uw dringende reactie, God zegene

Groeten

De heer E.G

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REF: CAIXA/EUR/ES401-24

28/02/24.

Greetings,

How are you, hope you are well! are you still using this email, if YES respond urgently for important business transaction to Discuss with you concerning our late customer who Died without a NEXT OF KIN in his Account File, Please if you are interested get back to me for full details information! if you have any reason to reject this project, please destroy this message.

I wait your urgent response, God bless

Regards

Mr. E.G

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