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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 Edmond Smith <paymentdept601@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officemailunit@virgilio.it
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 07:36:06 +0100
Subject: WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT.

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*STOP CHASING SHADOW AND SEE THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVE YOUR
PAYMENT.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attention: Dear Sir/Madam,Sometimes i do wonder if you are really, really
with yourself. How could you keep trusting people and at the end you will
loose your hard earned money, or are you being deceived by their big names?
They impersonate on many offices, claiming to be Governors,
Directors/Chairmen of one Office or the other.Their game plan is only just
to extort your hard earned money. Now, the question is how long will you
continue to be deceived? Sometimes, they will issue you fake check, fake
ATM card, introduce you to fake diplomatic delivery,UN-existing on-line
banking and they will also fake wire transfer of Your fund with Payment
Stop Order.Anyways,by the virtue of my position, I have been following this
transaction from inception and all your efforts towards realizing the fund.
More often than not, I sit down and laugh at your ignorance and that of
those who claim they are assisting you, it is very unfortunate that at the
end you loose.Although, I don't blame you because you are not here in
Nigeria to witness the processing of your payment in Nigeria. The problem
here is that you've never been told the whole truth about this transaction
and it is because of this truth they decided to extort you, they keeping
collecting money from you both in Nigeria.The most annoying part is even
fraudsters have really taken advantage of this opportunity to enrich
themselves at your expense, those you feel are assisting or working for you
are your main problems.I know the truth surrounding this payment and i am
the only person who will deliver you from this long suffering if you will
abide by my advice.Please i beseech you to stop pursuit of shadows and
being deceived.Feel free to contact me immediately you receive this mail so
that i can explain to you the modus-operandi guiding the release of your
Payment. Do not panic or have fear for anything,i know you have gone
through hell but time has come to reap.Furthermore,all i need from you is
trust,just give me the trust all your information is here with me,because i
have work in UN office for over 8 years both in Africa and UK and there is
no means of receiving payment that cost anything except court affidavit of
claim if the owner is not there in person, which will not cost more than
105 USD.In addition, all the fees they ask both transfer cost or delivering
cost, clearance certificate known of them exist. If you really want us to
proceed please let me know or you ignore my letter if you are not
interested.Regards,*
*Dr Edmond Smith.*

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