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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.William Brown" <mrbrownw66@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:37:07 +0100
Subject: TREAT AS A MATTER OF URGENCY!

UNITY NATIONAL BANK
92 Peachtree St SW, Atlanta,
GA 30303, United States.
Monday-Friday:-8:00 am-6:00 pm
Saturday: 9:10 am-2:00 pm
Department : online banking payment

This Notice is brought to you from (IMF-International Monetary Fund)
World Fund Discovery Management and Payment Bureau, this Bureau was
set up by the World Bank and IMF to discover all outstanding payment
being owned to Individuals all over the world through Inheritance
funds, compensation fund and unclaimed contract payment. Based on
their investigation on your payment, ($1.5 Million) has been approved
to be released to you via sending you your login details. If you are
still alive and ready to claim this funds reconfirm the below
information first

1 Full Names
2 Home Address
3 email address
4 Telephone Number

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Williams Brown
Executive Region Manager

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