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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: Joe Cuddle <officefile9911@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joecuddlle@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:45:18 -0800
Subject: Hello

Good day:

I am Mr. Joe Cuddle from DHL Courier Company, I was directed by IMF &
Chase Bank of UK in collaboration with Federal Credit Union Bank to
pay the sum of $5 Million to you as a compensation fund due to many
fund transaction you did in the past and spent your hard earn
money, efforts and finally did not receive the fund, We were made to
understand that this Fund is your long awaiting Contract &
Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance which have bring a lot of problem to
you to execute but all thanks to the support of our Government that
finally secured the release of your Fund into the Country which means
you do not have any fund else where in the world and you need to stop
all Transaction right away and focus on how you will receive your
funds from me Mr Joe Cuddle.

The Money will be converted into an ATM Visa Card, with the ATM CARD
you can make withdrawal at any ATM machine close to you anywhere in
the world and the ATM limited $15,000.00 pay daily withdrawal. The
reason we have to load your money into the ATM CARD is because the
check may expire before it gets to your address, therefore we have to
register the ATM card here and they have
approved me to deliver the ATM Card package to your address after the
registration.

Kindly respond to this message with your DELIVERY INFORMATION in order
to deliver your ATM Card package to your address. Below

Your Full Name..........
Your Phone Number.......
Your Address............
Your Country/City.......
Your nearest airport....

I look forward to receive your urgent response.
Contact Email: joecuddlle@gmail.com

With Regards
Mr.Joe Cuddle.

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