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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, Janette Murray." <undiplomatsagent@gmail.com>
Reply-To: akk91918@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:11:10 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION; THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL,

office Address;New York, NY 10017, United States.
ATTENTION; THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL,
Hello, Sir/Madam

Permit me to introduce myself,My Name is Mrs, Janette Murray the Newly
Appointed Secretary of United Nation Building and warehouse record
keeping in New York State USA ,There was a consignment box i
discovered when i was checking the warehouse stock,Then it was
happened that the consignment Box contains $27.5m usd row Dollars, and
according to the address found at the surface of the Package which
indicated that it came from Ghana, a Country in West Africa.If you are
interested to present yourself as the ownership of this Package then
kindly reply this message with your full details, so as to tell you
more about it and also what to do and it will be release to you.Please
if you re not interested then delete this message. God Bless you.

Wih Regards,

Yours Sincerely.

Mrs, Janette Murray.
United Nations Secretary
New York State Branch USA.
E-mail;akk91918@gmail.com

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