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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.MOHD" <test@serverstream.com>
Reply-To: drpaulokoye77777@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 04:54:06 -0800
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT


Dear Sir thank you very much ,kindly send me your full details bellow,to en=
able my lawyer draft an mou agreement and you will sign,we will use all you=
r details to secure the contract documents on your name as the sub contract=
ok,and i will send you all document,my lawyer will handle that. investment=
am ready reply here: drpaulokoye77777@gmail.com 1,full name 2,address 4,ba=
nk name 5,bank address 6,swift code 7,account number 8,beneficiary name tha=
nks MOHAMED ABDUL AHMED

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