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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: "Ecitic Bank China." <fpitta@netmadeira.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:37:26 +0000
Subject: Dear friend



CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
1000 COLONIAL FARM RD,
MCLEAN, VA 22101, USA.

ATTN: FUND OWNER,

WE ARE DELEGATED FROM THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HELP OF THE AFRICAN UNION (AU) UNITED NATIONS (UN), EUROPEAN UNION (EU), AND FBI TO PAY 10 VICTIMS OF THE SCAM US$4.8MILLION EACH. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR INVESTIGATION, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER SO MUCH MONEY FROM THESE SCAM ARTISTS. THE UNITED NATIONS ANTI-CRIME COMMISSION AND THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAVE ORDERED THE MONEY RECOVERED FROM THE SCAMMERS TO BE SHARED AMONG 10 LUCKY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD FOR COMPENSATION.

THIS EMAIL/LETTER IS BEEN DIRECTED TO YOU BECAUSE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS FOUND IN ONE OF THE SCAM ARTISTS FILES AND COMPUTER HARD-DISK DURING OUR INVESTIGATION, MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN SCAMMED OR NOT, YOU ARE THEREFORE BEING COMPENSATED WITH THE SUM OF $4, 800,000.00USD(FOUR MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS). SEND YOUR DETAILS AS STATED BELOW TO ENABLE US TO PROCEED WITH THE NEXT PROCEDURE, WE ANTICIPATE YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

1.FULL NAME:.....................................................
2.ADDRESS:.......................................................
3.NATIONALITY:...................................................
4.AGE:........DATE OF BIRTH:.....................................
5.OCCUPATION:....................................................
6.PHONE:...............MOBILE:.............:...................
7.STATE OF ORIGIN:......................COUNTRY:.................
8. COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY CARD

YOURS SINCERELY,
MR. KOBUA LEE
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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