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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: "Mr. Guyettei" <luke@camhr.com>
Reply-To: revsesayfernandez@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:43:47 +0000
Subject: Contact Rev Father sesay fernandez for your compensation amount. Email
Address: (revsesayfernandez@yahoo.com)


Hello My Dear Friend.
How are you over there in your country? I believe you are fine and my email=
meets you in good health. I am much delighted and privileged to contact yo=
u again after all these time, it takes destiny and courage to remember Good=
friends like you and at the same time show gratitude to you despite the ci=
rcumstances that made us separate and disrupted our transaction, which ulti=
mately did not work out as we had projected then. The good news is that I'm=
happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred wi=
th the co-operation of a new partner from London Mr Guyette. I use this opp=
ortunity to inform you that the transaction finally worked out and I am con=
tacting you to let you know of the success. I will be very busy here in Lon=
don at this time due to the projects I have at hand with my new partner.
I have left an ATM VISA CARD of 450,000.00 EURO with the Rev Father sesay f=
ernandez for you. I will like you to accept this token with good faith as t=
his is from the bottom of my heart. However, after my email conversation w=
ith the Rev Father sesay fernandez an arrangements has be perfectly conclud=
ed to effect your payment as soon as possible via ATM VISA CARD which he wi=
ll send to you by any of the courier service of your choice. This card will=
functions in any AUTOMATIC Machine in your Country and any other parts of =
the world and you be allow to withdraw the sum of US$49,999.00 Dollars per =
Day as well you will be able to use the card to pay bills online and do tra=
nsfer to your personal bank account through our online guiding, as well you=
can purchase stuffs online with the Card we issue to you as its secure and=
safe, We have also concluded delivery arrangement with an accredited cour=
ier service Company to be fully insured by Nicon Insurance Corporation (NIC=
ON) to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without any further dela=
y. So If you are less busy you can contact Rev Father sesay fernandez fo=
r the ATM VISA CARD with your home deliver address.
His E-mail address is as follow,
=

Email Address: (revsesayfernandez@yahoo.com)
=

Contact him immediately with this message via his email: (revsesayfernande=
z@yahoo.com) so that he can deliver the VISA CARD to you immediately. I hav=
e instructed him to send VISA CARD to you as soon as you contact HIM withou=
t any delay. He is waiting to hear from you so that he can send the VISA CA=
RD to your house/mailing address or office address information as you may d=
irect him. Thanks,

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