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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: Benedicta Michaels <info.uscustom@gmail.com>
Reply-To: postofficedetp@citromail.hu
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:55:10 +0100
Subject: CONTACT POST OFFICE FOR YOUR DELIVERY

Attention,

This is Mrs. Benedicta Michaels, I have registered your ATM CARD to
the Post Office Benin so that they will Post it to your home address
and I believe your current address is still the same. Your total
amount is ($4.8 Million USD) and the Post Office assured me that there
will be no stoppage until it get to your hand. I want you to contact
them and reconfirm your address where to Post it.

Contact:.... Mr. James Peter,
Email:.......(postofficedetp@citromail.hu)

Reconfirm your full information below

Full Name:.....
Country:....
City:....
Current address:...
Telephone number
Age:............
Occupation:...
a copy of identifications:....

The manager informed me that it will take good three days to get to
your house and your Envelope accumulates. Your Current address has to
be reconfirmed when contacting the post office.

Yours sincerely
Mrs. Benedicta Michaels

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