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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: "General Ford Kebe" <jxholding5050@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: generalfordkebe@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2020 08:03:36 -0700
Subject: INVESTOR NEEDED


Dear Good Friend
I am General Ford Kebe from Zimbabwe and i am in search of a trustworthy =
investor.I inherited US$4.5 Million American Dollars and i need a fund Mana=
ger that will asist me for reterive of the fund and transfer into your Acco=
unt, Before his untimely death, my father apparently married a woman who be=
came my stepmother because my mother. towards me since after the death of m=
y late Dad, I have been searching for a trust worthy Investor who can handl=
e this transaction of great magnitude, and transfer the funds into your des=
ignated Bank Account for investment purpose. When my father died instead of=
being in the state of mourns as custom and traditional demanded, that he =
had a deposit valued Four point Five million USD (US$4,500,000.00)and a dep=
osit of 350 kilos of anuvial gold dust, which he intend to move abroad to h=
is foreign associate for investment on my behalf, this properties was acqui=
red from the diamond/gold export contract he secured and executed under the=
umbrella of the government.
You are expected to provide the following details stated below,
1.YOUR FULL NAME .............
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS........
3.YOUR COUNTRY
4.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER..............
5.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE..................... .
6.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE....................... .
7.GENDER..................................
8.OCUPATION..............................

SHIPMENT CODE
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO
SECURITY CODE
TRANSACTION CODE
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE

I await your urgent response
Yours Sincerely,
General Ford Kebe
E-mail: generalfordkebe@gmail.com



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