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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: TONY BEST <best72080@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:05:30 +1400
Subject: Contact her for Your atm visa card For Compensation immediatel

Dear Good Friend.

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds

transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Indonesia.

Presently I am in Indonesia for investment projects with my own share

of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget you’re past efforts and

attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it

failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is Ruth

Moore

Republic, his name is Ruth Moore

Address: Carre 1299, Ste Rita City

Cotonou,Benin Republic

Email:(ruth_moore13@yahoo.com )

Contact her and ask her to send you the total of

atm visa card $920.000.00.{Nine Hundred And Twenty Thousand United

States Dollars} which I kept for your past efforts and attempts to

assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very

much. So feel free and get in touched with my Secretary Ruth Moore and

instruct her where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know

immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the

suffer ness at that time. Do send to Ruth Moore, your contact details.

Your Full Names…...........................................

You’re Address…..............................................

Cell Phone Number…........................................

Your occupation................................................

Your Age….....................................................

To enable her submit your details to her for delivery of your package

ATM CARD to your address for your compensation money to your

nominated a to your address for you to withdraw the money from any

bank atm machine in your country.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects

which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember

that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to

receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Ruth Moore she

will send the amount to you with out any delay.

Thanks and God bless you.

MR TONY BEST

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