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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. Jane" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <londonhousecompensation@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 00:18:39 +0300
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED FOR YOUR COMPENSATION

COMPENSATION HOUSE OF LONDON
Pin junction ,no 5,Frank Louise street,
UK,London.

Hello,happy new year.This is a good year to you, because you are one
of the seventy five [75]people which are compensated with the sum of
$5000,000.00USD[$5mUSD]

This compensation comes from the ASSOCIATION OF WORLD WIDE PRODUCING
COMPANIES[AWWPC]due
to your effort in buying companies products.Therefore, the
COMPENSATION HOUSE OF
LONDON[CHL]was incomporated to pay you your compensation of $5
Million USD with the assistance of
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.

A meeting held on Monday 09,February 2017,The aims and the objective
of this meeting was for the way forward for safety delivery to the
beneficiaries.
Please contact Mrs.FRANK JANE on; [simpsonjack511@gmail.com]
Please reconfirm your details to avoid any mistake in crediting your
bank account.

NAME...........................
OCCUPATION.....................
AGE..................................
COUNTRY................................
PHONE NUMBER........................
BANK DETAILS.......................
IDENTITY CARD.........................

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder that is
because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service
Provider we urge
you to treat it genuinely and kindly move it to your inbox.

Yours affectionate,

Mrs.FRANK JANE,
secretary of the house of finance,London.

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