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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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Fraud email example:

From: hingohammes@petropolis.rj.gov.br
Reply-To: bar.charlesesq@lawyer.com
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:59:29 +0200
Subject: You are one of the lucky recipients to be given $1,000,000 dollars

I am Robert Wahl, I am the Winner of $533M Mega Millions jackpot in April 2018 and have voluntarily decided to donate
the sum of $10,000,000 dollars to 10 unknown lucky as part of my own charity project to improve the lot of
individuals all over the world. If you have received this email then you are one of the lucky recipients to be given $1,000,000 dollars.

Contact my legal adviser Barr. James because I have given him instructions to transfer this money to you as soon as possible. You can contact my legal adviser Barr. James his email [james.antoni101@yahoo.com]

You can verify this by visiting NBC Philadelphia with the web pages below.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Mega-Millions-521M-Jackpot-New-Jersey-Winner-479634253.html

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