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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: "GREG BEN" <test@test.com>
Reply-To: kenthomas679@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:24:55 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS!!..

Good Day,

I wish to notify you that Federal Government have listed your email address to the people that will be compensate,this compensation is for the people that one way or the other have been SCAMMED before, with the payment registration no:2987HG09 and the file no: 76534, kindly contact Mr. Ken Thomas for immediate transfer of your fund, his contact is as follows:

Name: Mr. Ken Thomas
E-mail: kenthomas679@gmail.com

Furthermore, you are ask to contact her right away to enable her work on your payment, you are ask to contact her with the following information:

Your name in full:
Your telephone number:
Your contact address:
Your occupation:

Finally,Kindly Email her in confirmation of your details information as required,also indicate the payment number as the subject.
Thanks

Mr.Greg Ben

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