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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: "Mr.Michael Bishop" <mrmichael.bishop00@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:11:42 -0800
Subject: Hello Friend,


Hello Friend, I am Mr.Michael Bishop. and I work with UNITED BANK For
AFRICA. Please Can you use ATM Visa card to withdraw money at ATM cash
machine in your country?

I want to transfer money to you from my country; it’s part of money taken
by some old politician that was forced out of power.I will change the
account details to yours, and apply for a visa card with your details in
our bank,

they will send the visa card to you and you will be withdrawing money with
it and always send my own percentage of the money,
and the money we are talking about is $11.5Million us dollars about is
$11.5Million us dollars. Whatever amount you withdraw daily, you will send
50% to me and you will take 50%, the visa card and the bank account will be
on your name,

I will be waiting for your information as soon as possible.

Your name..........................

Age...........................

Sex...........................

Country.......................

Occupation....................

Phone number........................

Best Regards.

From
Mr.Michael Bishop

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