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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: zmrmohamed8 <ogbonnaozieme@gmail.com>
Reply-To: zmrmohamed8@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:31:50 -0800
Subject: Please I Need Your Help.

Greetings,

My Name is Mr. Mohamed Zaki I am a banker by profession? I will like
you to help me in receiving this fund $7.200 million into your Bank
Account belongs to our foreign customer who died along with his entire
family so many years ago. No one to ask for the fund anymore. If you
are interested to assist me kindly get back to me immediately, once I
hear from you further details will be made available for you, please
Contact me for more details. This private email address:
(zmrmohamed8@gmail.com)

PLEASE REPLY ME AGAIN WITH THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS BELOW FOR MY
CONFIRMATION: ============
Full Name:==================
Country:====================
Current Home Address:=======
Telephone Number:=========
Sand to me your picture: ======

Thanks

Mr. Mohamed Zaki

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