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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: Office of the Presidency <officeofthep346@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:58:26 +0100
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF CASH PAYMENT.

Dear Sir,

Greetings, I am sir Jimmy Harra HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) - First
Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive HM Revenue & Customs United
Kingdom, can you be trusted?, I got your details through business
directory, made my confirmation about you and decided to write you, I
have discovered over inflated Tax paid by a contractor amounting £25
Million pounds, hidden in an escrow account belonging to my
organization in one of the largest banks in the UK, as HM director
General, I can authorize the transfer of these funds to your bank
account through your bank within fourteen (14) working days.


If you show your interest and your capable of receiving this fund, I
will give you a contact person who I have appointed to handle all the
process of the transaction because of my position in UK government, I
will not come out fully on this to avoid scandal, you are very free to
make confirmations with him to know each order. For your cooperation
and providing company account to receive the fund, you will be
entitled to (30%) of the total sum involved, (15%) goes to the bank
officials that will facilitate the transfer, while,( 10%) is mapped
out for any expenses during the process of the transfer to any account
you choose, (45%) should be transferred to an account I would
provide for you later on, To avoid any delays in the transfer of these
funds, the bank is delegating an immediate transfer of these funds to
your designated bank account by wire transfer. if you are interested,
please Email me your full information details to my private email
address. (jimmyharra29@gmail.com) You will be contacted immediately

I await your prompt reply.

Mr Jimmy

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