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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: Patrick Hoff <Ecowas.@mail.goo.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Patrick <zeeronald46@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:38:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Details of your compensation fund

Details of your compensation fund

I'm sorry for contacting you lately it was due to my investment. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Vietnam, though I tried my best to involve you in the business but God decided the whole situations. Presently I’m in Vietnam for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary for sending of your check to you, his name is Mr. Ronald Zee phone 00229-96506258 his email is zeeronald46@gmail.com forward my email detail to him to read my instruction concerning sending the total sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars (USD$850,000.00) which i kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in the past, i appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with him and instruct him on how to send the money to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it

In the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which i and my new partner are having at hand.

My Best regards
Mr. Patrick T. Hoff
Greetings from Vietnam
patw9743@gmail.com

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