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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: CBN TELEX <cbntelex556@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 06:00:16 -0700
Subject: ATTN BENEFICIARY,FROM DR MICHEAL KINGSLEY (TELEX DEPARTMENT CBN)

Lagos Anne: 38, Street, Tinubu Square,
Telex: 578761, Nigeria.




Good-day Sir


This is to officially inform you that (ATM Card/ DEBIT Card Number of;
375987654321002) has been credited in your favor, Your Personal
Identification Number is 9200. The Card Value is ($2.5Million USD) and
your ATM CARD will be sent to you through DHL delivering company.

You are advice to contact me immediately with my email or telephone
number to enable us forward your ATM card to you without any further
delay, all the legal documents are out and will be sent to you once I
hear from you with the following information below,

Full Name: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Delivery Address: --------------------------------------------------------------
Phone Number: -----------------------------------------------------------------
Country: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Occupation: ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Sex: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Age: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bank will send your ATM CARD through DHL delivering company, so get
back to me with your full information before it will be late.
...............
...............
Regards
DR MICHEAL KINGSLEY
(TELEX DEPARTMENT CBN
NIGERIA.

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