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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 Melisa Hudson <pw823263@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.melisahudson@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 03:22:39 -0700
Subject: Attention Dear

--
this is Mrs melisa hudson Secretary of us homeland security department. We
know that you have not received Your fund from Africa! we have finally cash
your abandoned long-lost fund confirming to be your won compensation funds and
we decided to boxed the money for avoiding expiry of the check because it has
stayed long in our custody searching for the contact to reach you, after our
investigation we discovered that the money is not an illegal payment, The fund
values the sum of $1.5 million dollars. So kindly reconfirm your full details

YOU ARE WILLING TO FILL the form below to avoid any error in this operation,

your name______________
Your state______________
Your address________ ______
You're Age / -___________
Occupation sex____________
direct phone
number__________

text Me on
message +1929438-7592
Contact the bank manager through his WhatsApp +60104622690

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