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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: "Thy-kingdom Record's" <test@lmtpr0ducts.com>
Reply-To: vesicvesna@thykingdomrecords.com
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 04:30:17 -0700
Subject: RE: $5,000,000 COMPENSATION

Dear Friend,

Good day to you and your family.I am happy to inform you about your
compensation from Thy-kingdom Records,You have been compensated with sum of 5 Million US D,its away we do help and support people around the world. You among 4 lucky people to have this great benefits from us.Kindly contact payment officer via email below to get your funds to you.

Name: Miss Vesic Vesna Mike
E-mail: vesicvesna@thykingdomrecords.com

Ask her to send you the total $5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) certified bank Check,which was raised in your favor for your compensation ,finally,remember that I have forwarded instruction to the payment officer without any delay.


Sign, Board Management
Thy-kingdom Record's.

N.B.. You have an insurance fee of $465 dollars to pay and have it insured.

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