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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.David William" <officefund@aioros.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.David William" <fileo7762@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 09:55:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: TEXT THE DELIVERY AGENT [ 201 528 5428 ]

l RECEIVED A CALL FROM MR. MICHAEL RANDALL , HE CALLED ME TODAY WITH THIS TELEPHONE NUMBER: (270) 560-3426 INFORMING ME THAT YOU ARE DEAD YOU DIE IN CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AND HE SAID THAT I SHOULD SEND HIM YOUR FUND[$15.8 million dollars] TO HIS HOME ADDRESS: USA 94102,BECAUSE HE IS YOUR NEXT OF KIN BENEFICIARY AND HIS READY TO PAY NEEDED FEE OF YOUR ATM CARD, BUT I ASK HIM TO HOLD ON LET ME VERIFY IF THIS IS TRUTH

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