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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: Markson Victor <shirleymcallen8@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:06:37 -0700
Subject: RE-INTERCEPTION OF YOUR FUNDS VALUED AT USD$6.7MILLION DOLLARS

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Attention: Owner of the Fund,

RE-INTERCEPTION OF YOUR FUNDS VALUED AT USD$6.7MILLION DOLLARS

We are delegates of the International Monetary Fund in conjunction
with the assistance of the United Nations (UN) of the African Union
(AU), the European Union (EU) and the FBI to pay victims of fraud 6.7
million dollars each.
In the course of our investigation, The United Nations Commission
against Crime and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ordered that
the money recovered from the scammers be distributed among the lucky
people around the world. World for compensation.
This email / letter has been sent to you because your email address
was found in one of the scam artists' files and the computer is hard
drive during our investigation, maybe you were scammed or not, it is
being compensated with the sum of us$6,700,000.00. Reconfirm your
information as indicated below.

1,Full Names name
2,Contact Address,
3. Nationality,
4. State of origin.
Mr Markson Victor

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