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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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Fraud email example:

From: united state supreme court <kanka6260@gmail.com>
Reply-To: michaelbrent813@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 18:11:29 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR

I am michael brent ,from united state supreme court and I know this email
may sound strange to you but nevertheless am here to make a point to
you which will be the secret you have expected or wish to know about
the difficulties and upfront fees which always pops up whenever you
are about to receive your previous transaction.

You have paid uncountable and endless fees to different People,
Offices, Banks, Company etc, in the name of receiving your promised
Funds, but it always turns out to be story after story and fees after
fees whenever it is time to receive those Funds.

I'm here to tell you that this OFFICE has been the Authority behind
those upfront fees, and you need to read carefully to know our reason
for making you pay upfront fees before you could receive your
legitimate Funds.

I want to make it clear to you that 3% of all the transaction you have
dealt with are legitimate, We know the actual amount for each Fund,
and knowing the important of TAX in the States, We secretly set-up
"request for upfront fees" as a medium to collect TAX on those funds
before we could allow them release those Funds to you. (Request for:
transfer fees, Certificates fees, Clearance fees, Customs fees, etc
are just the medium we set-up with those People, Offices, Banks,
Company etc to collect payments from you until you have paid the
actual percentage Tax of your Fund before we could release your Funds.

Normally you don't have to pay a dime to receive any of your promised
Fund if not for what I have just explained. Am here to make it clear
to you that the above explained SYSTEM OF TAX PAYMENT which has been
the secret behind your Fund delays has been put to STOP and thereby
bringing up a final and affordable solution to receiving your Funds.

Only the 3% among all your previous and current transactions are
legitimate and approximately the total sum of $8.5Million is the only
legitimate amount left for you to claim. We have watched out all the
series of payments we made you pay through those people you where and
currently dealing with, and found out it is still going to take you
more years and more thousands of dollars payment to cover the TAX FEE
levied on your $8.5Million USD which is approximately the sum $100

$100 TAX FEE is the actual amount we have planned to collect from you
through the explained SYSTEM OF TAX PAYMENT before releasing your
8.5Million USD to you. But since the old SYSTEM OF TAX PAYMENT has
been changed, We have reached a new SYSTEM which says you will enter
into an Agreement with this OFFICE to unfailingly and unconditionally
pay the TAX FEE of $100 immediately we release your $8.5Million USD to
you from this OFFICE without any delay.

We are going to release your $8.5Million to you without making you pay
out your hard earned money, but before that you must present to this
OFFICE a TAX AGREEMENT LETTER, and this Tax Agreement Letter will be
the only legitimate Document to hold our agreement with you on
releasing your Fund with agreement to pay the TAX FEE after receiving
your Fund.

If you fail to adhere to the explained instruction you will continue
to waste your hard earned money without receiving anything, because
there is no possible means of you completing the TAX FEE of $100 usd
expected from you, therefore you need to enter into an agreement with
us by issuing this TAX AGREEMENT LETTER, This Tax Agreement LETTER
will stand as a Documented Oath binding us together before we can
legally release your $8.5Million and you will pay the TAX FEE of $100
from your package after you have received it from this OFFICE.

You have to obtain this TAX AGREEMENT LETTER, and it will cost only
$100 in order to enable us to do the needful and deliver the package
to your house address in the united state immediately.

Thanks for your understanding.

Yours In Service,
Mr MICHAEL BRENT

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