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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: Martins Smith <atmprocessing1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marggysmith00@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:47:14 +0100
Subject: Reply

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Dear,

l am Martins Smith, I am a financial consultant and friend to a foreigner who
died in Dec 26, 2008 that shared same surname with you. I am contacting
you to assist retrieve his huge deposit of US$ 4.7 Million left in the
bank before it gets confiscated. l await to hear from you for more details.
Please get in touch with me as soon as your read this mail.

Martins Smith

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