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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: Blood DC 2021 <dcblood0@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 07:50:34 +0100
Subject: ATM CARD

Am Mr James Marcos From Citibank of America so your urgent reply is
needed right now so your Atm card worth the sum of 1.5 Million U.S.D
will be delivered straight to your house address in the next 5 hours
after you pay the total sum of $200 dollar Apple store Card Which is
going to be the only obstacle delaying fee

Kindly get back to me with the following details

Home address

Full name

Driver’s license

OCCUPATION

Email address

Phone / Cell
citibankofamerican.www.com@gmail.com

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