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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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Fraud email example:

From: "JP MORGAN CHASE BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jdimon222@superposta.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:17:33 +0300
Subject: PAYMENT FROM JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

 
From Mr. James Dimon
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer CEO.
JP Morgan Chase Bank New York.
 
AttentionBeneficiary,
 
This is to notify you that the sum of $2.3USD has been approved by the IMF as compensation payment for those who lost their valuable during their encounter with fraudsters in all over the world.
Your email address was amount the shortlisted email for the compensation payment.
 
This is to bring to your notice that we have completed the processing of your payment which we received a transfer instruction from the IMF.You are urgently required to reconfirm the following if you wish to receive your payment through bank to bank wire/transfer.
 
1) Your home and office address
2) Your telephone number for effective communication.
 
Immediately we received the above details. Further details will be communicated to you.
 
Thank you for using JPMorgan Chase Bank.
 
Mr. James Dimon
Chairman Of The Board And Chief Executive Officer
JP Morgan Chase Bank New York.

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