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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. Anthony Michael" <worldbank9866@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.anthonymichael@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 01:17:46 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION FOR YOUR MESSAGE

I received several emails from Mrs. Marian Joseph, Who narrated to us
about the corona virus victims accident you contacted last week ago.
Mrs. Marian Joseph made us understand that you are in the hospital
for Treatment but there is no hope of your recovery. She stated that
she is your business associates and your next of kin whom you have
been choosing and Permitted to inherit all your properties. She is
contact us base on your contract / Inheritance payment information to
enable him to receive the money which is 75 million USD dollars only
($ 75,00,000, 000.00) Which is about to be paid to you after the
coronavirus victim's. He requested that the payment should be
transferred into her own personal account as he listed below.
__________________________
____ Account Name: Marian Joseph Bank Name: Noah Bank Account Number:
80454370204 Routing Number: 1473543644 Country: USA 7301 Old York Rd
in Elkins Park Pennsylvania. ___________________________
___ We request your confirmati

on before we can process this transfer to Mrs. Marian Joseph's
account. We need your urgent response to avoid releasing your money
to the wrong person because Mrs. Marian Joseph is too eager and ready
to follow all instructions given to her to insure that she receives
this funds on today. We want to hear you before we transfer the money
into him account. So if what she said is not the truth kindly reply
this message with your full contact information before it's too late,
so that we can process the release of the $ 75 million dollars to you
asap. We are waiting to hear your response immediately and receive
this message! My name is Mr. Anthony Michael.

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