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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: Julius Godson <infoverify1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: juliusgodson@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 09:09:43 +0100
Subject: Attn I'm Mr. Julius Godson, the Chair holder in charge of Union Bank,
International wire transfers USA. Am writing to inform you that your fund was
brought to my desk because the director & management of the WESTERN UNION &
MONEYGRAM transfer have declared to divert your fund to the government
treasury account just because you can not pay the wire transfer fee. NOW tell
me, how do you want to receive this your winning funds of USD15.7 million
dollars? Please choose one out of this (three) options and


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