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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: "Barr. Nicholas Romain" <bplcbenin@gmail.com>
Reply-To: www.info.file@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:03:45 +0100
Subject: BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER OR ATM CARD DELIVERY???

Attention Fund Owner!

Please reconfirm your full information for the Delivery of your ATM
Card or Bank to Bank wire transfer of your funds Value at {$10.5
Million United States Dollars}. And the transfer depends on how you
want it neither Bank transfer or delivery of it from the United
Nations and World Bank Group (WBG) Compensation fund. I misplaced the
delivery address and your transfer details sent to me during the
seminar I told you about. Please kindly contact Mr. Dominic Fabian
with the below EMAIL address ((www.info.file@gmail.com)) and he will
give you guidance on how this transfer or the delivery of it will be
done okay.

YOUR(1) Full Name:=============
YOUR(2) Address:================
YOUR(3) Occupation:===============
YOUR(4) Age:======================
YOUR(5) Telephone Number:============
YOUR(6) Country:======================

Best Regards,
Barr. Nicholas Romain.

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