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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: Asha Aka <generalbeco2015@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ashaaka2017@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 09:21:24 -0800
Subject: Call me

Good Day,

I want you to be inform that your fund of 7.5M dollars have sign to
transfer to your destination bank account today and a woman called
Mrs. Jennet HARVEY from Texas came up and saying that she is your
Representative that you sent her to come and represent you and sign i
don't know if she came from you?

thanks

Mr.Asha Aka
Nigeria
CB N Bank
Call Number:+234-9095110037

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