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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: Dogt Reau <reaudogt@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gregdexter247@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 05:48:02 +0100
Subject: Read Carefully

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Dear Sir/Madam/Mr./Mrs.,

To whom it may concern, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) through
our department, Financial Recovery Division (FRD) team. has approved
all scam victim/ victim of circumstance. all participants were
selected randomly through computer draw system and entitle to receive
compensation in excess of ($2,500,000.00) each.

The fund was approved to be deliver to you within 2 days by cash
through diplomatic courier services. PLEASE NOTE: ( $5000.00) was
removed from your entitlement fund for all logistics expenses.
Therefore, what you should be expecting to receive is a cash of
($2,495,000.00).Kindly reply back to Greg Dexter the head of Financial
recovery division at (gregdexter247@gmail.com) for guideline and claim

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