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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: Chief Judge Smith Daye <interpolnigeriaommand@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.markangel1987@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:50:04 -0700
Subject: FROM HIGH COURT NIGERIA



--
I have registered your ATM MASTER CARD with UPS COMPANY this morning as
we
agreed and the delivery will take off tomorrow morning based on my
agreement
with UPS

Director MR.MARK ANGEL. MOST IMPORTANT THING is :
reconfirm your Full Name, home address and your phone number(s) to him
then
contact him via the

following email;(mr.markangel1987@gmail.com) I will not be reached till
december
15th, 2015. Your amount in the Card is US$4.5Million and the Pin code of
your ATM
CARD is(4242)

Regards.
Chief Judge Smith Daye
FROM HIGH COURT NIGERIA

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