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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: "MR. KEVIN ANTHONY" <cesenagianluca@alice.it>
Reply-To: bnmoneygramoffice@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:44:49 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary


Attention:

Be inform that We have been authorized by the United Nations Debt
Reconciliation Unit to release your compensation payment of US$2.5Million
through Money Gram transfer.You will be receiving US$5000 daily until the
total
sum of US$2.5Million is completely transferred to you.

Besides,we have already sent your first payment of US$5000 today,therefore,you
are advice to contact (MR. KEVIN ANTHONY) and request him to give you the
payment details such as Money Gram reference# and senders name to enable you
pick up your first payment of US$5000 at any Money Gram office around you.
Contact him with the information below.

Contact Person: MR. KEVIN ANTHONY
Phone Number: +229-60-93 -57-22
E-mail: (bnmoneygramoffice@gmail.com)

REMEMBER TO FORWARD HIM YOUR FULL INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BELOW TO ENABLE HIM
LOCATE YOUR PAYMENT FILE AND ATTEND TO YOU IMMEDIATELY.
FILL UP THE BELOW FORM
1. Your Full Names::-----------

2. Your Country::----------

3. Telephone Number::-----

4. Occupation::
------

5. Age::-------

6. SEX::------

NOTE: that the amount to be paid to you is (US$2.5Million ) we expect your
urgent response to this email to enable us monitor the payment effectively.

Best Regards
Mr. Patrick Boomma

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