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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: Mr.Lesetja. <laboratorio@colfarma.org.ar>
Reply-To: etjak3@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:48:08 -0800
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

Dear Sir,

Good Day Sir, my name is Mr. Lesetja Kganyago. I know that this mail
will come to you as a surprise as we have never met before, I need
your Urgent assistance to transfer the sum of $ 2.9 two million nine
hundred thousand Dollars) to your Private account immediately. The
money has been here in our Bank lying dormant for years without
anybody coming for the claim of it. Waiting to hear from you to enable
my further discussion with you in confidence.

Best regards and wishes to you.

Mr. Lesetja

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