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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. Emekah Chidozie." <fileo8679@gmail.com>
Reply-To: www.antomark@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:07:40 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Dear Good Friend,




Dear Good Friend,

Good day to you and your family, I am Mr. Emekah Chidozie. who contacted
you before about transferring those fund, Now I am very happy to inform
you about my success in getting those fund, which you try a lot but later
you started having biased mind, I want to let you know that its good to do
good, I'm in China now with my own share of the total
fund, Now I want you to contact My secretary on the information below.

His Name; Mr. Marx Anthony. EMAIL: (www.antomark@gmail.com) Ask him to
send you the total sum of ($2.8m,) two million Eight hundred thousand
dollars in ATM CARD, which I Kept for your compensation for all the past
effort.

Reconfirm your Information to him as below.
FULL NAME.................
HOUSE ADDRESS..........
PHONE NUMBER..........
COUNTRY............
OCCUPATION............
YOUR IDENTIFICATION.....
Best Regards,
Mr. Emekah Chidozie.

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