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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: "MR.ABDULRASHEED BAWA" <mrabdulrasheedbawamrabdulrashe@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mribrahimmagu9n684@citromail.hu
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:29:07 -0800
Subject: FROM ATTN FROM EFCC

Attn:

I am Mr ABDULRASHEED BAWA, the Chairman of Economic and Financial
Crime Commission in Nigeria. i want to use this medium to find out if
you lost any money through internet scammers any where in this world.
am in Cottoned Benin Republic, searching for those scammers.
$10,000000 was set aside by the Government to pay the scam victims.
So if you lost any money kindly indicate by writing down your details
on the gaps below. Once you drop your details and we confirm it, we
will finalize your
transactions back to you immediately within few days. Sorry for
contacting you back again because we lost the lady that is in charge
of the email we use in contacting you before so get back to us through
this email below with your details to enable us to
arrange your payment

First Name :......................................
Country:...........................................
City:..................................................
Tel: .....................................................
Sex :........................................................
Age: ........................................................
ID: ............................................................

(mribrahimmagu9n684@citromail.hu)
Yours Sincerely
MR.ABDULRASHEED BAWA
ATTN FROM EFCC

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