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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: Donald Peters <lawalmatu20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: donaldpeters00@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 20:05:48 +0100
Subject: Your Attention is needed

OFFICIAL PAYMENT UNIT WASHINGTON DC, USA
RELEASE CODE No: 02253

Attention Dear Beneficiary,

Please be informed that your long awaited funds payment in the tune of $10.8M
(Ten Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
has finally been approved. But, it has also been brought to our notice
that a gentle man by

the name Raymond Anderson has just forwarded a new banking details
claiming he is your next of kin and you are dead by Corona virus in
Spain, so here comes the big question:

Did you authorize the above mentioned name to claim your funds?

Are you truly dead or alive? Is Raymond Anderson your next of kin? if
not kindly reconfirm this information and get back to us with the
below information for

verification as the funds wire transfer will be done within 72 hours
from this notice:

Your full name:
Current home address:
Country/Nationality:
Current phone number:
Next of kin name:

We await your urgent response so that we can proceed with your $10.8M payment.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Donald Peters
Private Email: donaldpeters00@outlook.com

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