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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 <moneygrm397@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joecuddlle@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 05:14:27 -0800
Subject: Hello

Hello, Happy New year to you and your families . My name is Joe
Cuddle, I'm the diplomatic agent assigned to deliver your ATM card
worth $5 million to your home address, I was emailing you since last
month but it seems like you are very busy. I want you to receive your
ATM card this weekend okay. Will that be okay and will you have chance
to receive your ATM card as you did not receive it last month due to
one thing or the other.

With regards,
Joe Cuddle.

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