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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: "Dr Kennedy Uzoka" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dctrmrk@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:10:08 +0100
Subject: FOR YOUR COMPENSATION

Greetings,

How are you and your family,i am very happy to inform you that i have finalised the claim and transfer of the USD$22.500,000.00 into my new partner's account in Paraguay,but i did not forget your past effort despite that it does not work out because of some lack of understanding between us,my partner agreed on my terms and he took 45 percent of the total Fund,as i write you this email now,i am in Paraguay with my family to put our new company and some other businesses in place.

Before I left Benin Republic to Paraguay,I gave my Rev. Pastor who owns a westernunion store a cheque of $500,000.00 for your gift base on your past effort,He will cash the cheque from the bank and will be sending $5,000 to you twice daily through westernunion which the first $5,000 has been sent to you,now you have to contact my Rev Paster in Benin Republic,His name is Pst Mark Olisa,his email address (dctrmrk@gmail.com), Tel +22963004825 .Contact him and ask him to give you the money transfer control number (MTCN) to pick your first $5,000. Remember to send him your Full information to avoid wrong transfer such as:

Receiver's Name_______________
Address: ________________
Country: ____________
Phone Number: _____________
I.D Card:_____________

Once again thanks for your past efforts.

Thanks
Dr Kennedy UZOKA
Former United Bank for Africa (UBA) Director


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