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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Rev Ben Richards <benrichards207@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 10:32:28 +0000
Subject: RE-CONFIRM SOON
Hello ,
This is to bring to your notice that the Federal Government of Nigeria has mandated this office to recover all floating / unclaimed fund and transfer them back into the federal government treasury.
In the course of carrying out this exercise, we discover that your fund ($10.5M ) is among the unclaimed fund.
After due verification, it was discovered that you have done alot to receive this fund.
We want to know if you are still interested in receiving this fund or should we send it into government treasury?
We wait to hear from you urgently.
Best regards,
Rev. Ben Richards
Chairman
Committee on Foreign Financial Matters
( OFFICE OF PRESIDENCY )
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