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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: Economic Community <franckchar555@gmail.com>
Reply-To: economiccommunity8@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 23:18:10 -1200
Subject: YOU COMPENSATION

YOU COMPENSATION Nations (UN), European Union (EU), and the FBI. We have
been able to track down some scam artists in various parts of African
countries which include (Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal with cote d'Ivoire,
Cotonou, Republic of Benin ) and they are all in Government custody now,
they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice.
During the course of the investigation, they were able to recover some
funds from these scam artists and the IMF organizations have ordered the
funds recovered to be shared among the 100 Lucky people listed around the
World as compensation. This notice is been directed to you because your
email address was found in one of the scam Artist's files and computer
hard-disk while the investigation, maybe you have been scammed, You are
therefore being compensated with sum of $3.8million US Dollars valid into
an (ATM Card Number 506119102227). Since your email address is among the
lucky beneficiaries who will receive compensation funds, we have arranged
your payment to be paid to you through ATM VISA CARD and deliver to your
postal address with the Pin Numbers as to enable you withdrawal maximum of
$4,000 on each withdrawal from any Bank ATM Machine of your choice, until
all the funds are exhausted. The package is coming from the Cotonou
Republic Of Benin. don't forget to reconfirm the following information. 1.
Your Full Name: 2. Address Where You want us to Send Your ATM Card 3.
Cell/Mobile Number: Contact Mr.Jorgen William on office
email.....economiccommunity8@gmail.com) Yours in Services Mr.Jorgen
William MINISTERE DES FINANCES ET DE L'ECONOMIE(M.F.E) the Republic Of Benin

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