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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: "UN FILE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <moneygram20236@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:47:03 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend

Congratulation, Your $1.950,000.00 USD is ready to be transferred to you via our
department MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER which you will be receiving
$10,000 daily, until the
total fund is completely transferred to you.
 
Take note your payment disk will be activated with your information
before you will start receiving your daily payments.
 
Reconfirm to us,
 
NAME:========================
ADDRESS:========================
TELEPHONE:=========================
DATE OF BIRTH:=======================
COUNTRY:===============================
STATE:===================================
SEX:=====================================
OCCUPATION:============================
 
Choose Options:
Daily payments of $10,000 usd // ATM Master Card Withdrawal
 
Mr.Maxwell Johnson
contact email: ( moneygram20236@outlook.com )+229-63685676
 
Thanks
UN FILE

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