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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: Dr William Brown <ale.perlongo@alice.it>
Reply-To: explodexp2@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 07:41:49 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear Beneficiary

I,m Dr William Chelsea The secretary of the U.S Department of Homeland security
Washington DC. Office Address: 3801 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016,
United

States. We received a report from ECOWAS that you have an abandoned fund worth
U.S.D 10 Million in West Africa. I have instructed ECOWAS and the concerned
authorities

to bring the ATM CARD to our Head office in Washington DC. the fund will arrive
my office today. I want you to kindly Reconfirm Your Full Name, Current Home
Address,

Nearest Airport and your Direct Cell Phone # So that preparation can be made
for the delivery of the ATM CARD to your home address.Contact Email
(explodexp2@yahoo.com)

Contact Phone Number+1(601)516-5047.

Best Regard.

Dr William Chelsea

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