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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: Mr Lussie Marthen <deliveryservice303@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lussiemarthen303@aol.com
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 21:24:07 -0700
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary

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Attention

Good day to you, and this is to inform you that the International
Monetary Fund is compensating some scam victims with the sum of $15.5M
us dollars and your email address was found in the scam victims list.
Now i want you to contact Mr Lussie Marthen Through this email address
(lussiemarthen303@aol.com) With your full contact information so that
they can deliver your compensation fund to your destinated address
without any delay. And if you may know the delivery charges has been
paid but I did not pay their official keeping fees since they refused.
And they refused and the reason is that they do not know when you are
going to contact them and demurrange might have increase. They told me
that their keeping fee is $100.00 only so you have to send it through
Itunes card or Steam Wallet Card and send the picture to me
immediately

Best regards
Mr Lussie Marthen.

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