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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: Ken Good <kengood48@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhlc375@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 08:55:08 -0700
Subject: TEXT OR CALL +1 432 847 2394 or email dhlc375@gmail.com

GOODNEWS

THE DELIVERY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX WORTH $80.5 MILLION DOLLARS HAS
ARRIVED SUCCESSFULLY AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO SEND YOUR HOME ADDRESS ,
YOUR PHONE TEXT NUMBER ,AND A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION CARD

FINALLY YOU WILL HAVE TO SEND $100 DOLLARS THROUGH BITCOINS ,WORLD
REMIT OR GOING TO STORE AND GET A GOOGLE PLAY CARD OR ITUNES GIFT CARD
OR AMAZON GIFT CARD AND SCRATCH IT AND SEND ON MY EMAIL OR PHONE
NUMBER SO IT CAN ENABLE ME SETTLE WITH THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR $80.5
MILLION DOLLARS CONSIGNMENT BOX OKAY

REGARDS

Mr JOHN WILLIAM DELIVERY AGENT INCHARGE

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