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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.Flint John <info@office.net>
Reply-To: <flintjohn001@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:44:29 -0700
Subject: Your Urgent Attention is Needed....216.136.95.171

Greeting's:

My name is Flint John, a senior Auditing Officer with the reserve bank of South Africa, I write you this proposal in good faith and if you are not interested, please ignore this mail and go about your normal business, I have very vital information that will benefit our families to give to you, but first I must have your trust before I review it to you because it involved (GBP 15,000.000.00) Fifteen Million British Pound Sterling and I will not want it exposed for any reason and I hope that you would not betray me.

I will wait to hear from you ASAP, On my private email:flintjohn001@gmail.com
/ flinthsbcmk@gmail.com

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