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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. Gomez Ian Waterfield" <recipes@bmtc.net>
Reply-To: mrgomezianwaterfield@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:10:33 -0800
Subject: GOOD DAY MY FRIEND,,

Attn: Friend


With the ongoing abandoned payment exercise conducted by the U.S Dept of the Treasury, a memo has been sent to its consulate global offices to henceforth advise every foreign fund beneficiary to present their details for Supervisory Authorization appropriation and documentations for the immediate release of their funds.

You are required to quickly respond to this e-mail by providing your details requested below

1. A valid means of identification
2. Details of your bank account where the pending funds US$5.5Million will be remitted to.

Thanks

Mr. Gomez Ian Waterfield
Counselor to the Secretary
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Email:(mrgomezianwaterfield@gmail.com)Tel: +1321-999-3741

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