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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: Mark Ogu <johnssmich500@gmail.com>
Reply-To: markogu121@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:25:53 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

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It is my pleasure to inform you that your funds is deposited in Money
Gram remitting office here and we hereby write to inform you that we
have sent your full compensation payment of US4.8 through money gram
and you will be receiving $3000 usd Per day and we have send you the
first payment. So contact our manager Mr Oscar Ben and ask him to give
you the money gram payment information so that you can be able to pick
up your First payment of your funds through money gram without any
problem.

Contact person Mr Oscar Ben
Email: sylviasy32@gmail.com
AND CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION SUCH AS
1. Full name .........
2. Country............
3. Contact Address....
4. Telephone Number ..
5. Marital Status ....
6. Occupation ........
7. Company ...........
8. Age................

email him now so that He can provide the money gram information
Thanks and remains

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