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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: Andrew peter <jmaybe63@gmail.com>
Reply-To: andrewjohnson9692927@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 11:32:05 +0100
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary

Mr Andrew Peter instructed me to deliver you this draft cheque worth
of One Hundred & Twenty Five Thousand USD($125,000) to you and i have
the cheque draft here with me in my office and you will have to
quickly contact me and claim this draft cheque for avoiding the Expiry
of the cheque.

I will inquire from DHL COMPANY SERVICE because the company will be
delivering you the parcel of the cheque. And i require some
information as a proof that you are the rightful person whom is to
receive this cheque and these informations will also be used to send
the package to you through DHL..

Below is the information i require from you.

1) Your direct telephone number.
2) Your Residence Address:
3) Your Complete Name:

As soon as i receive these informations then i will immediately move
to submit the informations to DHL COMPANY SERVICE and i will get back
to you.

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