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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: "Dr.Mark Lawrence," <wisonfin@gmail.com>
Reply-To: offifbi4@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:15:16 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: ATTENTION CARD OWNER URGENT MESSAGE








Attention.
We The Foreign Ministry of Finance.have deposited your fund of
($2.500`000`00USD) into ATM VISA CARD to delivery to your home through
DHL Delivery Company after our final meeting regarding your fund, So All
you have to do now is to contact Dhl director.Dr.Mark Lawrence,E-mail:. He
will give you direction on how you will be receiving Your funds . Remember
to send him your Full information to avoid wrong Delivery such as,

Receiver's Name____
Address: __________
Country: __________
Phone Number: _____
Occupation _________
You ID copy ________

So contact.Dr.Mark Lawrence, E-mail: and call him on + 229 9412 0462 as
soon as you receive this email and tell him to give you instruction to
follow.

Please let us know as soon as you received all your fund + 229 9924 9522,

Regards
Kingsley Belly
>From Ministry of Finance.



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