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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: "Jam Lew" <user@ydthlifel.com>
Reply-To: <janeg5738@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 08:26:19 -0800
Subject: Hello .



Attn:

This is to notify you that your fund are currently being lodged into
wood forest bank in USA because we held meeting today with the
(FBI)which they totally gives beneficiaries like you the opportunity
to transfer fund via telephone banking to be able to escape IMF
against transfer of fund above 1million US dollars .

This new payment arrangement is designed to help you get access to
global telephone banking and complete transfer of fund without any
delay.

Reconfirm your information.

Full Name,

Address,

Occupation

Your Mobile/Whatsapp phone

and your ID ,

This is to make sure you are the right person

Thank you for banking with us

Jam Lew

Reply to

janeg5738@gmail.com mailto:janeg5738@gmail.com

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