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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: ANTHINY A IWU <"Iwu."@fine.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: ANTHINY A IWU <ww.suntrustbank@accountant.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:44:25 +0900 (JST)
Subject: strange act from diplomat

Hello this is suntrust bank united state of America Michigan, we wish to notify you that a diplomat from Africa deposited UBA AFRICARD here which he complain that you did not turn up to him since he arrived to this united state
However is quite obvious that we tested the card and everything is corresponding accordingly and amount on it is $10.5 million united state dollar
Nevertheless I don’t know if you wish us to take in charge of it for immediate delivery of the card to your doorstep or to call the diplomat back, here is the diplomat email to contact him (diplomat.agent@diplomats.com) but if you want us to ride on with your delivery then we will contact the head office that sent the diplomat for approval certificate that everything is in our hand right now but we need your urgent respond
Here is our contact email (ww.suntrustbank@accountant.com)
Once again don’t forget to furnish us your information to avoid wrong communication
Thanks
Regard
Dr. ANTHINY A IWU

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