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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 Mark Carney" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <markcarney4488@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 00:19:06 -0700
Subject: HELLO

On Sunday,27 May 2018 7:43 GMT, We noticed a request to blocked from sending
and receiving emails from Yahoo account. Which your account will be closure
in response of your complaint received by your Administration.
If this was you, Kindly Unblocked!
Thanks for taking these additional steps
We are glad to inform you that your compensation funds of 8,500,000.00 United State Dollars has been converted into cash and packaged in a
consignment. The UN diplomatic agent is in the united state with the consignment; all you need to do now is to contact the diplomatic agent
in us with your full names and delivery address so he can deliver your
consignment to your door step without any further delays.
Details of the diplomatic agent listed below:
Name: Mark Carney
Email:markcarney4488@gmail.com
 
Congratulations once more.
Regards,
Mr.Richard Markham

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