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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: Official Transfer <omike6555@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wu60820@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:11:55 +0100
Subject: M.T.C.N

Hello Beneficiary.

Be inform that i will be sending M.T.C.N to you,$5,000 for each
payment,You will be receiving the funds bit by bit and you will be
receiving MTCN 3 times a week ,and not into your bank account
directly.you will take care of depositing into your account by
yourself. If you are agree with the opinion then kindly send your full
details.

Note:you will be receiving the funds bit by bit until total funds
worth of $6.5 Million is completely transferred, this is to avoid
unquestionable answer from your government,so i need your beneficiary
residential address,such as your receivers name and your country/
state,city, your mobile number and whats`app number including your
passport I`D if available.

Await your earliest reply.

Dennis Frank
Phone +22964123886
Email:wu60820@gmail.com

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