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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 Claudette Capron <dip.aguvecollins@gmail.com>
Reply-To: headoffice9630@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 11:04:02 +0100
Subject: Hi

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Dear Beneficiary
This message is to inform you of your funds scam victim compensation
funding originated from the USA presidential office (White House)in
support of his Excellency president Joe Biden which worth of
350,000.00 Three Hundred Fifty Thousand United States Dollars which
has been registered to be made delivered to your home address by a
professional diplomatic agent, delivery has been recorded and
approved to be delivered to your provided current address after your
custom clearance papers is been completely obtained, the United
States customs clearance for amount of 350,000.00 Three Hundred Fifty
Thousand. United States Dollars is sum of $230.00. Below are approved
methods of summiting your clearance payment
choose a preferable means to make payment.
1)Bank to bank transfer.
2)bitcoin transfer.
3)PayPal transfer.
4)Zelle transfer.
4)cash App transfer.
Contact me on this email below ( headoffice9630@gmail.com )
+1 (267) 536-5406

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