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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: "Dr. Snow N Kim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <recoverynsadept@zoho.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:07:04 +0100
Subject: UN/893UU4IN : YOUR INHERITANCE RECOVERY...QQ1

Recovery sch84 : UN/893UU4IN
IMF CL: HD883903
ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING REG:IMF/3Y8I34I4O
CLEARANCE TAG: GHD8930030USA

This letter refers to 'INHERITANCE'. Due to the rate of man inhumanity to
man over the web, clear picture of doubt floats, but i state mutual
benefit.I hereby contact you with the above recovered fund trunk
information bearing your details as the beneficiary of a fund trunk as
scan qQQ proved content to be inheritance funds above $25m. Be
informed that your trunk was among UN Recovery ITT Batch D; code 9,
which in this recovery category has 22 trunks, billed for revert to
the UN AID VAULT as unclaimed...as the dispatch officer, i moved your
trunk to a private vault and decide to contact you to negotiate
delivery of your fund trunk to you personally, this is confidential as
my office is at risk....i demand how much, you will compensate me
after you receive your trunk funds from me...reconfirm claims and also
your MXTT1107 and delivery address.

Dr. Snow N Kim

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