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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: Linda Nack <sr.robertcarnes@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lindanack.dir@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 13:52:40 +0100
Subject: quickly reconfirm


I, Mrs. Linda Nack, the Foreign Affairs third in command, director of the
United States Department of Treasury Washington D.C, I write to officially
inform you that we have successfully transferred your total pending funds
of Eight Million United States Dollars (US$8,000,000.00) from the Central
Bank of West African States (Benin) as instructed by the United States
Monetary Authorities simply because we noticed that the Central Bank of
West African States (Benin) do not have adequate facilities to transfer
your total pending funds as nominated. On your request, I will attach a
scanned copy of my official identity card for you to know who you are
dealing with.

Note: We've received and authenticated all your funds approval documents
and found out that everything is legitimate and truly signed and approved
accordingly in the respect of your name as the rightful beneficiary of the
total pending funds of Eight Million United States Dollars
(US$8,000,000.00). You are hereby advised to quickly reconfirm the below
Information as urgently required now in order to enable us to update your
payment files right away and proceed with the Immediate disbursement of
your total pending funds of Eight Million United States Dollars
(US$8,000,000.00) intact and accordingly.

Required Information: Your Full Name, Home Address, Cell Phone Number.
Date of Birth, Occupations, Identification Card.

You are to get back to me with the above required Information Immediately
just as instructed in order to enable us to proceed with the processing of
your fund's disbursement accordingly. I will kindly appreciate your
Cooperation and Understanding on this very serious matter. I shall
earnestly be waiting to hear from you as soon as possible. God bless and
protect the United States of America.

Sincerely,
LINDA NACK.

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