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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: george handson <georgehandson2222@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 14:24:05 -0700
Subject: TAKE NOTE OF THIS COPY T0 DR RAFAEL DAVID HERE debtmanagement41@yahoo,com
Tel:+ 1 214923080.(whats up Calls only)COPY TO THE TWO EMAILS BELOW TAKE NOTE
OF THIS COPY T0 debtmanagement41@yahoo,com

* SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION $10.5M USDAttention Dear,This is from the
American Embassy . We wish to inform you that we received a compensation
fund worth $10.5M USD only from the Federal Government of Benin-Republic
here as compensation to you for what you went through in the name of their
country.Having been a scam victim here, the Government has mandated us to
forward the compensation fund to you and also apologize to you for
everything you have gone through in the hands of impostors all in the name
of Benin.You are thereby instructed to e-mail back and state how you wish
to receive your funds immediately.Kindly re-confirm the following1. Name:2.
Address:3. Phone:4. Occupation:5. Age:6. Country:7: How much you lost to
the impostors:I hope to read from you soon.Yours in ServiceAmbassador
Patricia Mahoney.U.S Ambassador .TAKE NOTE OF THIS COPY T0 DR RAFAEL DAVID
HERE debtmanagement41@yahoo,com Tel:+ 1 214923080.(whats up Calls only)COPY
TO THE TWO EMAILS BELOWTAKE NOTE OF THIS COPY T0 debtmanagement41@yahoo,com*

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