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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. Jonathan Phil" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jonathan99phil@indamail.hu>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2021 01:27:47 -0700
Subject: Re....

Dear Beneficiary,

Kindly note that you are required as a matter of urgency to reconfirm your information including your name, phone number and your address for verification and immediate payment of your US$10.7Million within 72 hours.

This is as a result of the mandate given to me by the United Nation in conjunction with the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the Senate Committee on Foreign Debts Reconciliation and Implementation Panel on Contract/inheritance/compensation funds to complete all the unpaid Contract/inheritance/lottery funds.

We are sincerely sorry for any form of delay in payment of your funds.

Get back to me urgently.

Best Regards,
Mr. Jonathan Phil
UN Coordinator United Kingdom.

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