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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.Peter Franklin" <firsthomebank@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrpeterfranklin12@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 01:41:43 -0700
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary

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Attention : Sir,

I want to inform you that your outstanding payment of $10.5Million US
Dollars, which has been with our Central paying office from United
Nations has been signed out for payment after a series of meetings
with our board of directors.

Also this payment will come to you through our correspondent bank with
veri capital private bank london uk , offshore online Bank.We want to
conclude all payments on our list without delay. More details will be
communicated to you in our next conversation once you have confirmed
your full details.

Thanks for your kindness.

Mr.peter franklin

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