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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.Carmen Victoria Garci" <test@ssr.or.jp>
Reply-To: tmtexpress867@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 06:12:02 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION:THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL,



ATTENTION;THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL,

This is to inform you that your lottery winning funds of $6.5musd has
being packaged in metal Iron box and registered it at the TNT Express
Delivery Company as your family materials for security reasons ,This
is the Registration Number of your package;(KG/97/2017) So contact the
Company now with your personal mailing address and your current phone
number and ask them to deliver your consignment box to you.

This is the TNT Express delivery Company's
email;(tmtexpress867@gmail.com )God bless you while i wait to hear
from you as soon as you received your package.

Best Regards.
Carmen Victoria Garci

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