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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. Michel Sidibé" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sidibe@eclipso.eu>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 07:58:40 -0800
Subject: Re: Good Day..

From Desk Of  Mr. Michel Sidibé
Honourable United Nations Secretary General
Chairman Refund Payment Committee
 
Good Day,
 
This letter is written in order to change your Life from today. Please  note that this letter came to you as a result of information received from our monitoring network regarding so much ayments which you sent through Western Union and Money Gram to Europe, USA, Asia and Africa and some other part of the World without receiving any payment to your name,Further investigation reveals that you have lost hope towards receiving your payment after being received so many times. Following the on going re-branding of USA policies, the Federal government of USA have directed our committee to compensate/refund the sum of $6,500,000  to you through payment by  Bank to Bank Transfer being one of the most convenient means of receiving payment World Wide. We wish to inform you that the members of Refund Payment Committee are honorable men of Great Repute and integrity who have served the Government of USA in different capacities,we also wish to inform you that the Committee members were appointed by our res
 
In order for you to receive your payment this week, you are advice to reply this email to with ANSWERS to the Questions below.
 
1,Your Name
2, Your Age
3, Your receiving bank details
4, Your cell phone number
5, Your company Name and your position
6, Your home address
 
Any information you receive from any office in respect of your payment  without his signatory/approval should be disregarded by you and turned to this Office for
disciplinary action to be taken against the culprit. We anticipate your total diligence and co-operation to our advice until you receive your sum via this conduit
while contacting the aforementioned for more details about your payment release schedule.
 
Thanks
 
Mr. Michel Sidibé
Chairman Refund Payment Committee
United Nations
Reply Email: sidibe@eclipso.eu

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