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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: 𝙳𝚘𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚖 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚕 <rsullivan@monomedia.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:44:37 +0200
Subject: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝑩𝒖𝒍𝒃 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊

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