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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: FOREIGN PAYMENT OFFICE <barr.pmassociates@gmail.com>
Reply-To: foreignpaymentoffice@rediffmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 02:09:14 +0100
Subject: Re:.................

FOREIGN PAYMENT OFFICE
1, ALHAJI SHOKOYA STREET,
GARKI, ABUJA
NIGERIA.

DEAR BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO ALERT YOU WITH THE LATEST GOOD NEWS FROM THE PRESIDENT
AFTER A BRIEF MEETING WITH THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, BANKS AND THE
PRESIDENCY WITH US TO INFORM YOU AND TO SEE THAT YOU ARE PAID.

WE HEREBY ADVISE THAT YOU URGENTLY GET BACK TO US BY FORWARDING TO
THIS OFFICE THE FOLLOWING BELOW :
1) YOUR FULL NAME.
2) YOUR ADDRESS:
3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:
4) YOUR OCCUPATION:
5)AMOUNT:
6) YOUR IDENTITY/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
7) COUNTRY:

WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE, SO AS TO VERIFY WITH THE INFORMATION HERE
WITH US BEFORE WE CAN NOW PAY YOU.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU,

DR.JOHN MOORE
FOREIGN PAYMENT OFFICER.

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