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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. Anung Prabawa" <webdata587@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefileritainfo@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2022 16:08:17 +0400
Subject: CAN WE PARTNER WITH TRUST?

Good day,

I am Mr. Jonathan Mozes Nassey, representing the operation and
corporate affairs in contract related matters of Exxon Mobil in
London.

As a operational corporate affairs representative of Exxon Mobil that
handle contract matters, I successfully over invoiced a contract few
years ago which is not known by anybody, I need your full cooperation
and partnership to re-profile this contract funds amounting to £4.2M
GBP to your name as the contractor that executed this contract in
Malaysia.

The fund will be paid to you through a Financial Institution where it
is presently deposited once the filing and documentation process is
concluded in your name as the contractor who executed the contract
successfully. Most importantly, you will be required to fill your
data's stated below to enable me arrange legal documents that will
proof you as a sole contractor with Exxon Mobil Corporation.

(1). Stand as the beneficiary/contractor with Exxon Mobil to receive
the funds as I will present you before the firm with legal documents.
(2). Receive the funds into a business/personal bank account in your
country. (3). At the completion of this transaction, the sharing
rates shall be 60% for me, 40% for you.

(4) Full Names;
(5) Contact Address:
(6) Direct Telephone No:
(7) Occupation:
(8) Age and Marital Status:

Note: Do not contact my office number or company email for security
reasons. Get back to me as soon as possible For more details about the
funds.

Best Regards.
Mr. Jonathan Mozes Nassey

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