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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: Sebastian Santiago <qqppz156@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sebastiansantiago491@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 03:31:38 -0700
Subject: Investment

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I am Santiago Sebastian, a Spanish politician/investor and former
Senior Director with Bank of Spain, National Central Bank of Spain. I
am interested in investing the sum of US$12.7Million in your Country
or any other place in the world under your custody.
Please if you are interested in this project, kindly reply me and lets
move forward.
Regards
Santiago Sebastian

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