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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. Todd M. Harper " <playeryoung209@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:19:52 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam

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National Credit Union Administration
Address: 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria,
VA 22314–3428. United States.
Website: www.ncua.gov
Email Only✉: toddmharper55@gmail.com
Text or Call; +1 202-850-0010

National Credit Union CREDIT Transaction Notification

This Message is from the National Credit Union Alexandria, Virginia, United
States, am contacting you about the funds of $10.7M deposited to the United
Bank For Africa Plc to transfer this funds as part of compensation for the
Scam Victim, your informations was listed among the Victims that was
scammed years ago by West Africa Countries. You have a compensation fund of
$10.7M. Please kindly reconfirm your informations such as follows:

Full Name:
Home Address:
Phone Number:
Occupation:

Don't Forget To Reply This Email Only✉: toddmharper55@gmail.com

After reconfirm your information Kindly let us know the mode of payment of
$10.7M. Either Bank transfer or convert to an ATM MASTER CARD

If You receive this message in spam, kindly know that it is a network
problem.

Best regards:
Mr. Todd M. Harper
National Credit Union Administration
1775 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314

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