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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: "Mr Charles G. Koch" <hussainikida160@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infooffice093@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:03:03 -0700
Subject: Attn:Recipient of the compensation,


I hereby inform you that the IMF-International Monetary Fund conducted an
audit on the USA government account recently. And during our recent audit,
we discovered the total sum of Ten Million five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars Only (US $10,500,000.00) which has been approved in your name
but still unclaimed/unpaid.

Having received this vital payment notification letter,you are instantly
qualified
to receive and confirm your payment with us within 24
hours.Furthermore,Reconfirm the following information

Full Name......
Current delivery address..
Mobile phone number...
Direct phone number....

Here are our methods of payment:

(1.) By Cashier check
(2.) By ATM Master card
(3.) By Bank-to-Bank wire transfer

Contact me on this email (officfile82@gmail.com) So, you are advised to
contact Dr.Kenneth Effiong and make sure you contact him

immediately for more details today.
Contact E-mail Address (officfile82@gmail.com)

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