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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: "SCAM Victim's Compensation" <infotreasury.govm@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frrankben0@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:23:37 -0600
Subject: TRANSFER NOTIFICATION

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TRANSFER NOTIFICATION
Greetings this massage is to let You know that your fund worth $60
million dollars is now divert to NCBA BANK where you can register
account with the bank and have your fund being transfer to any account
of your choice. Therefore you are requested to click on the link below
to open a new account for your self in NCBA BANK where you can open a
new account and have every access to control your funds by your self
Website link: (https://ncba.com/) kindly let me know once you are done
opening the account so that I will call your account officer to
transfer your money to you immediately!
but if you cant open the account contact Mr Frank Ben
frrankben0@gmail.com
frrankben0@hotmail.com

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