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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 Uzo" <johnuzo28@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 May 2020 11:12:56 -0500
Subject: your compensation

Dear Sir/Madam,

Compliments of the day,

We hereby inform you that the UNITED NATIONS in conjunction with the
Interpol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) United States of
America, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of
Nigeria and all the African Crime fighter leaders have come together
to inform the world what is going on now and we have recover over
US$3.8 Billion Dollars from the people we have behind bars.

Our duties is to make sure we stop internet scam and money laundering.
As for today we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all over
Africa to pick this thieves/internet rats. We have over 8,273 of them
in our jails round Africa and we are still looking for more. We are
aware that a lot of foreigners out there have been deceived and lost
their hard earn money to these fraudsters after promising them
percentages in their letters/e-mails for their impending help to move
funds out Africa including fake lottery winning notification and at
the end of the day, they will collect thousands of dollars from you
without a successful end.

It was agreed that to retain the good image of Africa countries, all
the victims who lost his/her hard earn money to these faceless thieves
will be compensated with just US$1,850,000.00 (One Million, Eight
Hundred & Fifty thousands United Stated Dollars only). This we assume
will help you to start a new life. Please, you have to accept the
money like that because the people (victims) in our pay list are too
much. We are paying back from the money we recovered from these
fraudsters.

To that effect, we are sending you this e-mail because your contact
details were given to us as one of the victims. Since the United
Nations, Interpol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have
stepped into this matter, be rest assured that you are safe as it is
our duty to protect and serve the citizens of United Kingdom and
United States of America in particular and the rest of the world in
general.

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE, RECONFIRM THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AS
STATED BELOW AND SEND IT BACK TO US IMMEDIATELY. ALL MATTERS RELATING
TO THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR COMPENSATION FUND HAS BEEN
REGULARIZED AND FINAL APPROVALS WILL BE ISSUE OUT AS SOON AS WE HEAR
FROM YOU.

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR AGE
3. SEX:
4. HOUSE OR OFFICE ADDRESS (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE),
5. OCCUPATION
6. YOUR PHONE NUMBER(S)
7. COUNTRY:

Immediately you send the above required information to us, we will
proceed with the Processing/Releasing of your payment to you within
2-3 working days based on our agreement.

We are aware that these fraudsters has broken a lot of home(s), made a
lot of people to lose their job, sell their properties, closed their
business, put many on the street, and made a lot to even lose their
life. We are very sorry.


Best Regards,
Mr. John Uzo,
Head of Communications

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