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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: " Mrs.jessica kirinec" <johnbarlie01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jessicakirinec@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:25:10 +0100
Subject: RE:THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER,

FedEx Express
70 International Airport Road Mafoluku
Lagos Nigeria

Greetings,


Your ATM Card From United Bank Of Africa (UBA) was brought to us by a banker
which is ready to be shipped to your home address and below is the tracking
details http://www.fedex.com/tracking :Your Tracking Number is: 800277347645
All you have to do is to send $575usd for Delivery and being payment
representing
our accreditation fee and your ATM Card will be delivered to you
within 24 hours.

I want to make it known to you that after you send this $575usd
charges there will
be a smooth delivery and there won't be any extra charges because every
MODALITIES would have being completed and dusted for the delivery .

Waiting to hear from you ASAP.

Regards


Mrs.Jessica kirinec

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