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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: Peter Akueyi <shirai_scl@docomonet.jp>
Reply-To: peterakueyi5858@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:20:30 +0000
Subject: Receive Your ATM Card



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Attention Dear Sir/Madam

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to the Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims $5.000, 000, 00 USD
(Five Million United State Dollars) each. You are listed and approved
for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount,
get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of
your$5.000, 000, 00 USD compensation funds.

On this faithful recommendation, know that during the last U.N.meetings
held at Cotonou Benin Republic, it was alarmed so much by the world in
the meetings on the loss of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian
and Benin Republic scam's artists operating in syndicates all over the
world today. In order to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction
with the Cotonou Benin Republic Government is now paying 150 victims of
this operator $5.000, 000, 00 USD each in accordance with the U.N.
recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in
Nigeria, AND Cotonou Benin Republic the payments are to be supervised by
the United Nations 'Officials.

You can receive your compensation payments via any of this option you
Choose, DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS/ATM CARD or WIRE TRANSFERS. I shall feed
you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

kindly reply to me through this email ( peterakueyi5858@gmail.com ) so
that
you can be giving an immediate response.

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Peter Akueyi

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