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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: Alex Kennedy <jeffreypeterson313@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alexken4334@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 01:45:23 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?8J2QgPCdkJPwnZCT8J2QhPCdkI3wnZCT8J2QiPCdkI7wnZCNIPCdkIHwnZCE8J2QjQ==?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J2QhPCdkIXwnZCI8J2QgvCdkIjwnZCA8J2QkfCdkJg=?=

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATION

Address: 23 federal Plaza 23rd Floor Washington DC, WD 10278,USA

This is a true compensation Approved by the UNITED NATION to
compensate you for been a victim of scam by the wrong people who
paraded themselves on what they are not so because of this, the United
Nation approved our Bank to process online bank with valid cash of US$
$10 million dollars in your favor in order to compensate you. Also,
once you registered your online account you can make
withdrawals/transfer maximum of US$
5,000(Five, Thousand usd) per day from any bank around you. reconfirm
your full details below such as:
Full Name:
Current Address:
Age/Gender:
Occupation:
Cell Mobile Number:
Email address:
Zip code:
Date of Birth
Scan copy of your Id is very important
Regard
Alex Kennedy

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