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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: "Mrs. Brigitte Nielsen" <kf8283537@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hhoward992@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 20:06:20 -0700
Subject: Urgent Attention,

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Urgent Attention,

I appreciate your legal past official assistance to me indeed, and
also I am glad to inform you here today that I left your compensation
and instructed/agreed with my secretary Mr. Henry Howard to release
your compensation reward amount of $8,316.000 USD via ATM DEBIT CARD.
So kindly contact him through his Email address here: (
hhoward992@gmail.com ) and advise to forward him you're below
Receiver's Information such as your name, phone number, and
destination address where to deliver your ATM DEBIT CARD After the
legal necessary step to be taken with him and my lawyer thank you.

Mrs. Brigitte Nielsen

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