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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: "Mrs.Nikki Haley" <fpcentre12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rebecokfi@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 03:27:29 +0545
Subject: Re Attention: beneficiary,

Attention: beneficiary,

With due respect it's my great pleasure to inform you that United
Nations Board of Directors had agreed to compensate you with U
$15,500,000.00 Million United State Dollars and your payments has been
arranged through MasterCard ATM which is the latest instruction from
Ms.Kristalina Georgieva the Imf Director and the President of the
World Bank Group David Malpass.Therefore contact Mrs.REBEKA COKFI the
UN Special Representative who is in position to settle your payments.

Name:Mrs.REBEKA COKFI
Contact E-mail:(rebecokfi@gmail.com)
Kindly forward the below details to him:

1.Full Name:
2.Residence Address
3.Telephone:.
4.Age.
5.Sex.
6.Occupation.

These payments involve scam victims and International business that
failed due to government problems etc and bear it in mind that any
other contact you made outside; Mrs.REBEKA COKFI office is at your own
risk. Please make sure you indicate the UN approval code
**RR4-ATM/UN** when contacting her.

Yours Sincerely

Ms.Nikki Nimrata,

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