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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. X" <mrsgv32@seeme08.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <trustcargocompany@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:03:04 +0100
Subject: Att: Owner Of This Email Address.

After much attempts to reach you on phone, I deemed it necessary and urgent to contact you via your e-mail and to notify you finally about your outstanding compensation payment.

During our last annual calculation of your banking activities we have realized that you are eligible to receive a compensation payment of $4,811,000.00 USD.

This compensation is being made to all of you who have suffered loss as a result of fraud, accident and illness.

The fund was arranged in ATM CARD, For more info contact the assigned TRUST CARGO agent Rev Emmanuel Kimo for the delivery of your ATM CARD Send YourName, YourAddress, YourCity, YourState, YourCountry , Your telephone number and Your Id card to below company,s detail.


( TRUST CARGO SHIPPING COMPANY )
Contact Name: Rev Emmanuel Kimo
Tel: +2348078354351
E-mail: trustcargocompany@qq.com


Thanks for your patience.

Mrs Gunsett Veera
Human Settlements Programme
Manager

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