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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: Lass Dickson <"ww123456."@tenor.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Lass Dickson <nickngo13@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 22:32:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your $10. 5 million USD

Your $10. 5 million USD was returned to us this morning by Bank of America
to cancel the wire transfer.
They stated clearly that the $10.5 million USD has over stayed with them and since you
have refused to comply with
the transfer fee as directed that we should cancel your funds worth of $10.5m.
Contact me back through my email below:nickngo13@outlook.com Or Call me
here: +229 67029849
Regards,
Lass Dickson

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