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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: "Mrs. Kate Gilmore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sydneymooradian01@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 20:39:47 +0100
Subject: Fraud Compensation Fund..

 
 
We have been able to track down so many of the scam artists in various parts of the Africa Countries and European countries which include ; (Spain, England Belgium, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) they are all in government Custody now and will be appearing in the international Criminal Court (ICC).
 
 
 
During this investigation exercise we are able to recover $678 Billion dollars which has been sent to the United Nations Bank Cairo, Georgia. And we also discovered that you are among the list of foreigners that fell victims of fraud. From our investigation, we discovered that you have lost a lot of money, which included money borrowed from friends to fulfill your financial obligation with these criminals.
 
 
 
We write to inform you that we heard meetings for the past few months in 2021 and it has been approved this 5th day of January 2022 to authorized the refund of every scammed victim who were involved in any part of the world , the UNITED NATIONS has agreed to compensate them with the sum of Five Million United State Dollars ($5,000000 USD).
 
 
 
Please note that this payment will undergo  bank processing because the United Nation have deposited the sum of $ 678 Billion dollars to those who fell victims to this fraud stars, Therefore you are mandated to fill the form given to you below within (48)hours, please note that your information that you are asked to submit to help us reconfirm that you are the person and not an imposter and also note that your information is safe.
 
1. Full name
2. Phone and Fax number
3. Your age and current occupation
4. Attach copy of your identification
5. Current Home Address
6. proof of receipt scammed
7.Total amount Scammed.
 
 
Please contact (Sydney Mooradian) to proceed.
Email: sydneymooradian01@gmail.com
 
 
 
Regards,
Mrs. Kate Gilmore
Human rights activist.

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