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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: Ms Charity Nagama <info@ebtc.com>
Reply-To: <mrsanked@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:31:57 +0100
Subject: Re: Attention Pease!

Good Day,

I am Ms Charity Nagama from CBN, I came across your file,I took time
to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and
certificate, but the fund has not been release to you after spending
money unnecessarily,because my Boss and his colleagues want to divert
your funds into their personal account,I do not intend to work here
all the days of my life, I can release this fund to you if you can
certify me of my security, to leave this country after completing the
transfer,else I will be seriously in trouble.

The only thing I will need from you to release this fund is Two
special HARD DISK 140 GIG to recopy your information from the
corrupted one, I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file,I
guaranteed your funds will reflect in your account within next 24
banking hours,kindly send me your convenient tell/fax numbers for easy
communications and also re confirm your banking details, so that there
won't be any mistake. EMAIL ME ON THIS ADDRESS: ( pu937aaa@gmail.com
)

Regards,

Ms Charity Nagama

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