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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: David Mark <terriotutunzu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: thomasphillip809@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 19:24:49 +0100
Subject: Very Important,

Very Important:


We are here to inform you that we have been able to trap down some of
the scam artists which have been terrorizing the general public in the
name of helping our individuals to get their benefited fund or to
indulge into business with them with the aim of defrauding the general
public.

Upon the course of our investigations, we found some documents bearing
your name and your email address in the computer hard disk of the
scammers. Having reported this matter to the World Bank president (Jim
Yong Kim), who instructed that the assets confiscated from the
scammers should be
shared to those that their name and email addresses was found in the
possession of the scam artists as refund of loosed money in the form
of cash payment which you are among. You are therefore to be
compensating with the sum of One Million United States Dollars
(US$1,000.000.00 Million).

Also, we arrested some men who claimed to be bank officials, Contract
managers, Barristers and Lottery Agents from London who has been
sending you bogus letters and SMS via your telephone numbers
indicating that you have won a lottery which does not exist, claiming
to release fund to you via ATM CARD, proposing business which does not
exist and those using the HSBC Bank London, South African Reserve
Bank, First Commercial Bank London, Financial Intelligence Center, FBI
to
scam the general public.

Below is the link of the arrested fraudsters for your perusal. (
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/06/27/fbi-arrests-24-in-internet-credit-card-fraud-ring/
)
Therefore, you are to contact the Managing Director ( Mr. Thomas
Phillip) on this number: +1 (920) 368-6252 ( Call/Text ) With the
below information for his verification and instructions to guide you
on the refund process of your money, as he is in position to do it,
the United Nations Anti-Crime Commission, International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and the World bank has chosen him to payout all the compensation
funds to the victims.

Warning: You are to stop all communications you are having with any
person/persons, claiming to be agent, investor or bank officials in
Africa, Europe (London) and Asia regarding any form of release of fund
to you as their aim is to defraud you.

1. Your Full Name...........
2. Physical Address:...........
3. Occupation:...............
4. Age and Sex:.................
5. Direct Telephone Number:.............
6. Country:......................
7. A copy of your identification:.......


NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is
because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service
Provider, I urge you to treat it genuinely.

Yours Faithfully,
..............................................
Mr. David Mark
Secretary-General United Nation

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