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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: john David <judem5543@gmail.com>
Reply-To: udealorfrancis4@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 02:56:00 -0700
Subject: Attention

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Attention: Beneficiary,


I wish to find out if your ATM Card has been receive as reported in
our database that yAour $44.5 Million 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 $44.5 US Dollar has been successfully received by
you and if you do not receive your $44.5 Million 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.
udealorfrancis4@gmail.com

Reconfirm your information here.

FULL NAME
OCCUPATION
COPY OF YOUR ID CARD AGE
TEL-PHONE NUMBER
ADDRESS OF YOUR HOME
NEAREST AIRPORT

Thanks

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