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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: "Mr. Anthony Bashir" <www.w.union1984@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anthonybashir05@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:51:53 +0100
Subject: Attention Dear Beneficiary,

Attention Dear Receiver,

I knew that this message will going to surprised you as you never
receive before because we have instructed to send your compensation
und $4.7Million USD through Money Gram Office and we have been
mandated by Federal Government and United Nations, ECOWAS which are
supporting individual due to the worldwide economy meltdown,Fraudsters
Victims to transfer to you the full compensation sum payment of
$4.7Million US Dollars via Money Gram by this government
authorization.

Now your first Payment of $5000 USD is approved to send to you
today,So kindly reconfirm your receiver=E2=80=99s name information to
the money g=ram office for the approval of your fund payment of
($4.700`000`00USD) to be sign and release to you immediately you send
the below informationto them: Note that your payment files will be
returned to the IMF within 24 hours this is the instruction given to
us by the IMF.

Your Receiver's: _______
Your Country:__________
Your Telephone No:_______
Your Address: _________
Your Age:__________
Your Occupation:_________
Your Passport Id: ________

Our Contact Money Gram OfficeName: Mr. JAMES UDO 0022966940838
Email: (moneygram3755@gmail.com)

Our Money Gram Office will release your payment to you and the maximum
amount you receiving each day from today is $5000 USD daily until the
funds complete Transferred. Once we receive your information. The
transfer will commence. The Federal Government and UN, IMF are
compensating all the scam victims($4.700`000`00USD) each, and your
email address was found in the scam victim's list.

Let me know once you starting receiving your money from Money
Gramdirector JAMES UDO,

Remain Bless
Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Rita Jude
General Secretary Office.

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