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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: Louis Dejoy <ubabank084@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uspcouriercompany918@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 23:23:48 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED.

Attention: Beneficiary,

I wish to find out if your ATM Card has been receive as reported in
our database that your $6.8Million US Dollars has been Delivered to
you last week.

If I did not receive any response from you within the next 20hrs , we
shall assume your $6.8 US Dollar has been successfully received by you
and if you do not receive your $6.8Million US Dollars get back to me
immediately, so that company will delivered your ATM Card to your door
step, send your required information and the address of your house
were we will meet you , get back to us.

Reconfirm your information here.

FULL NAME
Your phone number

OCCUPATION

AGE

Email address
ADDRESS OF YOUR HOME

NEAREST AIRPORT

Thanks

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