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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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Fraud email example:

From: app@procket.com.br
Reply-To: tomzadari@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:34:33 +0100
Subject: From Zadar

My name is Thomas Zadari and i am the only child of Chief James Zadari a rich and famous man who died sometime in 2020, I am 17 years old,after his death we discovered he had large sum of money now we have been able to have access to this bank but i cannot collect this money until when i am 21years old but can get someone who will be able to receive this money for investment and help us to build our lives again,This is strictly bank to bank transaction I will be very glad if you can accept this offer as we will work together to acheive success Please kindly respond to tomzadari@gmail.com for further details Looking forward to hearing from you Regards tom Zadar

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