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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: Marquel E Jallo <tinglui@tinglui.ORG>
Reply-To: valemua@alice.it
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 21:40:11 +0930
Subject: ATTENTION : BENEFICIARY



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Attention
Please your urgent Attention is needed, we wish to inform you that our
Diplomatic agent given your consignment box valued the sum of $20.5
Million
United States Dollars misplaced your address, we required you
Reconfirm the following information's below so that she can deliver your
Consignment box to you today and return immediately,
NAME...........
PHONE NUMBER...
ADDRESS........
AGE............
OCCUPATION.....
She is waiting to hear from you today with the information's to bring
your Consignment funds to your doorstep. NOTE: That Diplomat agent
Rose(Diplomatrose426@gmail.com)
did not know the content of The consignment
box

ON no circumstances should you let her be at peril with the
Consignment box,
The consignments were moved from here as family Treasures, so never
Disclose
the real content to her until you receive your consignment.

Best Regards
Marquel E. Jallo

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