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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: "Reza Moghadam" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rezamoghadam20114@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 07:45:03 -0800
Subject: Re,YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS /AUDIT UNIT.
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL OFFICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
MONITORING AND INVESTIGATION UNIT.
From: Dr. Reza Moghadam
To:  BENEFICIARY
18th  November, 2014
It might interest you to know that the American business community, European Business Community, Asia International Business Community came into one umbrella and institute a
legal suit over what they called ‘’OVER DUE DEBT PAYMENT’’ in THE HAGUE through the assistance of the UN Human right. The case has been won by the group and names of the
beneficiaries listed accordingly.
The Countries that where penciled down are Britain, Spain, Nigeria, Ghana, Republic of Togo, Cote D’Ivoire and South Africa. We have harmonized the debt payment system with this
countries under what is called ‘’Heavily Debt poor Countries Initiative. Your name has been listed for payment and you have $15.5 million approved on your name for
the first batch of the payment. Your response is urgently needed accordingly to enable us process your payment. It is very important you come in person, as some beneficiaries will be
paid cash and it will be easier.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Reza Moghadam

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