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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: "Mrs.Grace Nnaji" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsgrace.n1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 01:05:48 -0500
Subject: Re:

Dear Beneficiary,
This is to notify you that your fund that was delayed for transfer by the transferring bank or Security Companies has been released. If you are also a fraud or Scam victim, An outstanding Compensation funds valued of $10.5 Million has been approved in your favour for immediate transfer to you by the Ministry of Finance in alliance with United Nations Debt Review Panel. You are advise to choose any of the above payment option's as $10.5m (Ten million Five hundred thousand united state dollars payment has been approved to be paid to you via an ATM CARD delivery or Cash able BANK CHECK delivery to your address by our accredited Courier Company Services.
Therefore, You are hereby advised to immediately send your Full Name: Telephone Numbers: Contact address: Occupations: Nationality: Age: Sex. where the ATM card or CHECK will be delivered in your favour. We are very sorry for all those months/years of delay. We wait for your quick respond with the information mentioned above to enable you receive your payment.
Remain blessed and healthy.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs.Grace Nnaji.

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