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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: "shariah" <shariah@primelifebd.com>
Reply-To: clarkandfisher1@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 23:22:00 +0600
Subject: Given to you in good faith ...

I am Clark Fisher , My fiance and I won a Lottery of large amount, and have
voluntarily decided to donate the sum of 1 million pounds ($1.46 million)
to you as part of our own charity project to improve the lives of 10-14
unknown individuals all over the world plus 15 friends and family. If you
have received this email then you are one of the lucky recipients and all
you have to do is get back to my agent so that he can send your details to
the payout bank for fund disbursement. For enquiries, please send an email
with your Name, Home address and phone number to the claims agent, Mr.
Steven Oloye Perry email address below: stevenoloyyes@hotmail.com

Many regards,
Clark Fisher /CHARITY DONATION

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