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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 Maria Farnandez." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrtonygani2017@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 20:29:18 +0200
Subject: [**SPAM**] I am Mrs Maria Farnandez,

Attn: Beneficiary

I am Mrs Maria Farnandez, I am a US citizen, 51 years Old. I reside here in Silver Springs Florida. My residential address is as follows. 7008 E Hwy 326 Silver Springs
FLorida 34488, United States, am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they
refused to pay me, I had paid over US$40,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Lawyer Tony gani ,The reprensentative of the United States Ambassador to Nigeria and also member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds
of $2,500,000.00 Moreover, Lawyer Tony gani showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email address as one of the
beneficiaries, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you.He also showed
me some names of Fraudsters that you need to be careful of dealing with as lsited below.

1.Richard Lynn (Fraudster)
2.Corrine (Fraudster)
3.Fake Buhari (Frauster)
Frayzer (Fraudster)
5 David Mark.(Fake Farudster)

Note,You have to contact him (Lawyer Tony gani) directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name : Lawyer Tony gani
Email: barrtonygani2017@outlook.com
Phone : +234 8178771587

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.The only money I paid after I met Lawyer Tony gani was just US$315 for the paper works, take note of that.As soon as you contact him he will send you the payment information which you are to use in sending the payment to him in order for him to obtain the document from the court of law there in Nigeria so that your Atm Card will be transferred to you without any delay just the way mine was being transfer to me.Send him the following details if you know you are ready to have your FUNDS so that as soon as he receive your information he will send to you the payment details for sending him the $315USD that is needed for him to get the document that is needed to make the transfer a successful one and that is that only payment i made to Lawyer Tony gani and
he assisted me i

Fill Out the information to him if you are ready to get your FUNDS

Your Full Name:...............
Direct Phone:....................
Country.................
Occupation:.....................
Gender:.........
Age:..............


Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Lawyer Tony gani the USA Ambassador so that he can help you to deliver your Atm Card instead of
dealing with those liars that will take advantage of you by asking for different kind of up-front payment to deliver your Atm Card.

Thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs Maria Farnandez.
7008 E Hwy 326 Silver Springs
FLorida 34488, United States

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