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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mike William <mw462219@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 16:43:09 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE
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This is message from them
Hello!
Greetings from the white house Washington DC United States of America
It's unfortunate you are receiving this mail late from the house
This is to inform you that i president Joe Biden and my humble wife
and staffs of the white house Washington DC are sincerely sorry for
what has been going through in the country I have made a strong
security with all FBI agents more expecially the head of FBI Mr
Christopher A Wray to put his eyes on ground on what is going on,
The black African scamming us to put an end to that with a order from
me that never to happen again,
The government have decided to please composite you with this little
amount of $20 million USD just to say sorry and also be careful of all
this happiness always contact this agent that inform you about your
funds
Please get back to me with the following information...
Your identification card...?
Your home address...?
Your Airport address..?
Your Next of King...?
Please kindly get back to me with all this and with $50 dollar Google
Play gift card attached to it for your delivery confirmation fees
Sign....
Mr President,
Joe Biden,
Mr Christopher A Wray,
FBI General Director.
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