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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- marcusrivera423@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Marcus Rivera" < info@com.br>
Reply-To: marcusrivera423@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:00:14 +0800
Subject: Anti Fraud Department

Attn:

We have tried to reach you several times in the past 2yrs concerning the urgent need to stop fraudsters and imposing offices, Banks and other organizations; we are forwarding this notification and hoping to get a response this time. Some arrested fraudsters had confessed imposing Banks/Delivery Company/IMF/FBI/Western Union/Money gram/Diplomat Agents/ and others imposed offices around the World especially in Africa and your info is with them. We were told they have requested fees after fees for documents from most of their victims. The corruption and illegal cyber crime activity mainly from Africa literally overruns Europe, America and Asia massively. Such evil finally blocks all efforts to create a trustworthy climate for internet Transactions. Citizens are threatened, lied unto and ripped off their very last little money. As recently shown on European television with hidden camera were entire Internet SCAM cafes in Cotonou Benin Republic, where people were occupied with illegal Internet crime activitie

This notification is from the Anti Cyber Crime West Africa, and we like you to know that the people you have been dealing with are all impostors operating from different part of Africa and the World. You find it very easy sending your personal information to any emails claiming they have fund approved in your name and you have not made true inquiry before you start dealing with them and as a result your info is on the internet and that gives these fraudsters easy access to flood your email with scam emails on daily basis. We want to ask, have you been able to find out why you receive all kinds of emails daily claiming it have funds for you? Have you really inquired from the right office in West Africa to know if there is actually any true approved fund? If there is any fund awarded in your name at all? Or do you believe anybody that contacts you and says they have fund for you. So be careful even when you are contacted from UK, USA and other parts of the World. Authorities are working hard to assist and prot

AU Representative & President Foreign Debt/Contracts/Compensation.
Name: Mr Marcus Rivera
E-mail: marcusrivera423@gmail.com

NOTE: To avoid any unnecessary delays in attending to your matter, please use your case file /ASG7154-00/ when you contact MR,Gerard Devuyst and also you are advised to report any email you receive that claims to have funds for you to this office. This office remain the only office you should contact to know if you have any true fund approved in your name or if you are among the compensated beneficiaries.

Agent Steve Lowe
Anti Fraud Department West Africa.

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