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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: Arthur Johnson <arth4jhson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: arth0jhson@aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:49:37 +0000
Subject: Settled....

Dear friend,

How are you doing all this while? Hope you are safe from covid-19?
Have you taken your vaccine against the virus?I hope you remember
me?Anyway, you received an email from me in the past regarding a
Multi-million-dollar investment proposal which you never concluded,

I am using this opportunity to inform you that the investment has been
concluded with another investor. I thank you for your great effort
towards our unfinished transaction, due to one reason or the other
best known to you at that time. Due to the effort, Sincerity, and
trustworthiness you showed during the course of the transaction,I want
to compensate you with a little reward and show my gratitude to you
with the sum of One Million United States dollars ($1,000,000.00).

I have left an American Express card (Amex ATM card) worth
$1,000,000.00 for you, which is acash-able card in any bank in the
world. My dear friend, please contact the director of ATM card
Mr.Michael Bruank, so that he will post the ATM card to you. At the
moment,

I’m very busy and would like you to accept this token with good faith
as this is from the bottom of my heart, below is his contact
information to contact him.

CONTACT NAME: Mr Michael Bruank,
EMAIL: mchlbk@aol.com
PHONE NO: +22890571040.

You should contact him immediately with your information where he will
send the ATM card and how he will send it to you including your phone
number because I have instructed him to send the ATM card to you as
soon as he hears from you OK.

Best Regards,

Mr.Arthur Johnson

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