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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. William H. Rogers , Jr" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 06:20:07 -0800
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?

SUN TRUST BANK HEAD OFFICE.
Head Office address :SunTrust Plaza, 303
Peachtree Street Northeast Atlanta, GA 30308-3201
Phone: + 1 717 896 0388

Attn Beneficiary,

Are you dead or alive? because someone came to your claim the $25Million that late Mr. Ali left for Charity in your name,but we told the person that we must hear from you to know if you are the person that directed them or not.

Secondly,kindly resend us your full name and home address and cell phone including your valid ID if you didn't authorize them to receive this funds,because we are going to arrest them when they comes back tomorrow if only you didn't authorize the.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Mr. William H. Rogers , Jr.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sun Trust Bank.

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