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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: DONALD J TRUMP <"WHITEHOUSE."@orange.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: DONALD J TRUMP <donaldjtrump2200@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 12:28:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM DONALD J TRUMP

DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON,D.C. UNITED STATE CODE +1(202)
UNITED STATE GOVERNMENT:

Attention:

The Main purpose we decided to contact you today is to let you know that United States Government care so much for you, Mr Donald J. Trump the new president of United states of America Had a meeting with THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. You may not understand why this mail came to you it came to Our notice that due to the poor security of the past government of Mr Barack Obama, The United States Government in Partner with The UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT Have decided to COMPENSATE You with the sum of US$150,000 usd. We found your Name and Email in our Data-base and that is why the United states Government are contacting you.

WARNING...!!! : This Message is for Scammed victim's in any part of the world, You are to send your information below, We need a high confirmation before processing your fund. Please with all due respect kindly respond to the information requested.

NAME:.........
Sex:..............
ADDRESS:...........
CITY:..............
COUNTRY:.............
PHONE NUMBER:................
OCCUPATION:...............

NOTE: This Also includes all foreign contractor's that may have not received their contract sum, And people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to past Government problems etc. We also found your Name and Email in our Data-base and that is why the United states Government are contacting you now.

SIGNED
YOUR FAITHFUL
MR DONALD TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF USA.

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