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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. Ballard Johnson" <ballard.j19@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrballardjohnson@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 01:05:28 -0700
Subject: I just arrived at JFK INTERNATION AIRPORT NEWYORK with your ATM CARD Package

Hello Dear.

I am your diplomat agent Ballard Johnson,I just arrived at JFK INTERNATION AIRPORT NEWYORK with your ATM CARD Package worth of Five Million United States Dollars
($5,000,000.00 USD) , I just landed in your country now but misplaced your Delivery information, I will give you more details about your delivery when you re-confirm your delivery details to me.

Your payment code is XLA21492014SD, use this code to the Diplomat Ballards Johnson on delivery so i can know that you are the rightful owner of this atm card package.

please Contact me with your delivery information as folows,

Your full Name: ................
Home Address: .................
Nearest airport: .......................
Copy of your id: ......................
Your Direct phone Number: ....................
Your Age: ..................
Occupation: ..........................

CALL OR TEXT ME NOW WITH THIS PHONE NUMBER +1(917)818 1988 AND ALSO EMAIL ME YOUR DELIVERY DETAILS WITH THIS EMAIL : mrballardjohnson@gmail.com .

God bless you,
Best Regards,
Mr.Ballard Johnson.

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