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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- veronica.udom@clerk.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mark Ugo <pauleze210@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:42:29 +0100
Subject: Contact
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Hello,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund
transferred to Swiss account with the cooperation of new partner from
Germany. Presently I'm in London United Kingdom for investment
projects with my own share of the total sum.
Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist
me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now
contact my secretary with below stated information for your
compensation.
Veronica Udom
Email:veronica.udom@clerk.com
Ask her to send you the total sum of $850.000.00 (Eight Hundred and
Fifty Thousand US Dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all
the past efforts and attempts to assist me I appreciated your efforts
at that time very much.
So feel free and get in touch with my secretary and instruct her
where to send the check containing the amount to you. Please do let me
know immediately you receive it. At the moment, I am very busy here
because of the investment projects which I and my new partner are
having in London.
Yours sincerely
Paul Eze
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