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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: "Daniel Cornley" <info@fb.com>
Reply-To: <dcornely15@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 00:57:39 -0500
Subject: CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!!!

I am here to pass across to you some good news about your Facebook account
Have you been inform about your Facebook winnings...


Am so much happy because Facebook has really changed your life for good. I got a great news to share with, Guess what?

I am Delighted to inform you that Your Facebook profile name was selected among the 12 lucky people who won the amount of $2,000,000 USD on the Facebook online promo...

Your name was selected by Automatic Random Machine, which your Facebook user name show up on number 7th from the 12 lucky listed names

The promotion was made to make all Facebook users to benefit from the
profit the company made while they use Facebook...

I want you to know that this lottery is 100% REAL and LEGITIMATE

ENDEAVOR TO RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

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