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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: <test@mtrend.ru>
Reply-To: <zenithbankplc440@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 02:30:02 -0800
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIEND.

Attention:

Happy new year, this is to update you that you are among the first quarter recipients to be paid this year 2018, of your Wining/Inheritance fund of $10.5M USD, so your fund is ready for delivery, all you need to do now is reconfirm YOUR FULL NAMES, YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER, ADDRESS, AGE, SEX, OCCUPATION and your NATIONALITY.

Note: We have a limited time to finalize this transaction for this first quarter, i urge you to act fast in acknowledging to the receipt of this mail and pay the last fee of $125 for court affidavit of claim if the owner is not here in person.

Call me as you receive this message. +234-8180706770

Thanks
Jim Ovia

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