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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: "James Aka." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesaka002@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:06:05 -0700
Subject: Re: Greeting to you Beloved .


Dear Greeting,

My Name is Mr.James Aka, a personal Accountant/Executive board of Directors working with First National Bank of South Africa (FNB).A late investor who bears the same last name with you has left $19,340,000{Nineteen Million Three Hundred and Forty Thousand United States Dollars} with Our Bank for some years and no Next of kin has come forward all these years for claim. Please get back to me as soon as possible for more details if you are interested in my proposal.

Best Regards,
Mr.James Aka,
Executive Member
Board Directors
First National
Bank of South Africa (FNB).

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