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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Baltazar Miguel" <bx@chamber.uz>
Reply-To: <baltazar200miguel@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 02:25:15 +0200
Subject: Re: Forex and Bitcoin Mining

Hello ,

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I would be pleased to educate and guide you on how to do this for free. With $10,000, you can get a return of $100,000 in less than a month. There are still other packages to suit your financial capability. So many people are doing this and I wonder what you are waiting for.

Withdrawals are processed when due!!!

100% genuine and legit??????

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Kind regards.
Baltazar Miguel

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