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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. John Albert" <janifnewman@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johneyalbert83@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 09:00:04 -0700
Subject: MY REGARDS TO YOU!

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Hello dear, how are you doing? It is my pleasure to meet you here. My
name is John Albert, I am a newly promoted manager of financial
institution, as a newly promoted manager, I came to notice that there
was a excess profit during the annual checkup in my branch which I
deposited the funds in an escrow account, the headquarters are not
aware of this funds so I want to propose this financial business
transaction to you which both of us will stand and gain tremendously,
the business is legal and no risk. All I need is your cooperation in
this business, as an officer of the bank, I can't have access to the
funds because I still work with the bank so that is why I need a
foreigner to come and stand as the beneficiary of this funds, as I
said, it is legal and risk free If you are interested I want you to
contact me in my private email address for more details (
johneyalbert83@gmail.com)

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