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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: Samuel Akeem <mustaphaizumbe112@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sakeem461@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:43:48 +0100
Subject: PayPal money transfer

--
Congratulation, Your United Nations Compensation payment of
$3,700,000.00 is ready to be delivered to you via
PayPal money transfer .
You are hereby required to respond with your PayPal information and
daily payment of $20,000.00 will be made into your PayPal account
until the total amount of $3.7millionUSD has been fully transferred to
you .

Contact Mrs Tracey Williams for further information regarding your transaction
Email. sakeem461@gmail.com
Phone number:+229 54585415

Your immediate response will be highly appreciated



Thanks
Senders name: Samuel Akeem

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