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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: admin@ssmotors.com.tr
Reply-To: michaelefe@accountant.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 04:08:25 +0100
Subject: Scammed victim compensation fund.


Scammed victim compensation fund. Dear Sir/Madam, We received a letter fro=
m one Marylou Smith who stated that you have given to her the authorization=
to claim your scammed victim compensation fund valued at $1M.We have plann=
ed to send the fund to her via ATM Visa card payment system if we do not re=
ceive a mail from you within 7 working days.If you are not the person that =
asked her to claim your fund,you should reply to us urgently and send $105 =
for the activation of your ATM Visa card to our payment receiving agent bel=
ow: Receivers name:Mordi Emeka. Location:Lagos Nigeria. Text question:What =
for? Answer:For activation. Send the following after you have sent the fee:=
1.Senders name....... 2.Sendsers address and country. 3.Senders telephone =
number 4.And scanned copy of the payment receipt. Waiting to hear from you.=
Regards. Flora Hageman ATM card payment Crediting Officer Uba Lagos Nigeri=
a.=20

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