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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. GREGORY" <lee@rmg.ie>
Reply-To: gregorybraca@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 22:15:24 -0700
Subject: Re: YOU CAN ACCESS YOUR FUND NOW

ATTENTION : YOUR FUND IS AVAILABLE NOW.

The BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION held a meeting with the Security Agency of Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Nigeria regarding the successful development of retrieving stolen fund from criminals who stole money from British/US citizens and Malaysia,Etc. This meeting ended with the decision of paying the victims with the sum of $3,500.000:00 usd Only. Your name was among those listed by the European Anti-Fraud Office as one of the scammed victims

I am writing to let you know that the fund is still very much available and is also ready for transfer to your bank account in your country. To receive this fund, you only have to take the necessary legitimate steps given to us by the government of United States of America. I will be very ready to do my job in guiding you as you make the simple steps in receiving your fund without any problem.

According to the the commission the victims have the right to choose between two option to receive their compensation fund.

(1) OUR WESTERN UNION GOLD CARD WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO WITHDRAW A DAILY AMOUNT OF $4000.00 ONLY.
(2) RECEIVE DAILY CASH OF $4,000.00 TO YOUR ACCOUNT TILL THE TOTAL PAYMENT IS COMPLETED.

Right now you are to send your full details for me to confirm I am dealing with the right person, if you send any detail different from what was given to us by the European Anti-Fraud Office. I will take you as an impersonator and stop the transfer/transaction immediately.

1) YOUR FULL NAME :
2) YOUR FULL ADDRESS :
3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER :
4) YOUR AGE :
5) YOUR OCCUPATION :

REGARDS,
Mr Gregory Braca
Director General
Barcalys Bank, USA.

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