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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: "john brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitednationsparcelservicee@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 02:24:13 -0700
Subject: THIS IS FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT.

Dear beloved,

Good news,I write to let you know that I found a good person and we
have received the $6Million from sun trust bank and I am in Australia
investing my share of the $6Million.

But I gave a bank of $500,000 to united nations parcel service to
deliver to you,so kindly contact them with their information below.

Delivery company name United Nations Parcel service.

E-mail unitednationsparcelservicee@gmail.com

Phone +1 845 662 4141

Thanks,

From JOHN BROWN

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