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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: Office Mail. <info@nasaviation.com>
Reply-To: <jameshowardx21@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 19:39:49 -0500
Subject: Re: Attention Please!

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: ( charitynagama@gmail.com )

Regards,

Ms Charity Nagama
Disclaimer: This message and its attachment, if any, are confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately and delete this message and its attachment, if any, from your system. You should not copy this message or disclose its contents to any other person or use it for any purpose. Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender, and do not necessarily reflect those of Flynas Company. Flynas accepts no liability for damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. هذه البريد و مرفقاته (إن وجدت) تمثل وثيقة سرية قد تحتوي على معلومات تتمتع بحماية وحصانة قانونية. إذا لم تكن الشخص المعني بهذه الرسالة يجب عليك تنبيه المُرسل بخطأ وصولها إليك، و حذف الرسالة و مرفقاتها (إن وجدت) من الحاسب الآلي الخاص بك. ولا يجوز لك نسخ هذه الرسالة أو مرفقاتها (إن وجدت) أو أي جزئ منها، أو البوح بمحتوياتها لأي شخص . علماً بأن الإفادات و الآراء التي تحويها هذه الرسالة تعبر فقط عن رأي المُرسل ، وليس بالضرورة رأي شركة طيران ناس ، ولا تتحمل الشركة أي مسئولية عن الأضرار الناتجة عن أي فيروسات قد يحملها هذا البريد
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