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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: Agnes Udenze <.rifuroyal.@polka.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: mrdavidmarksr@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 09:06:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your payment

Good day, how are you doing today? I just want to know if you have contacted the bank and if your online account setup process has commence because I already sent the cheque to the payout bank and I have told them also that you will be contacting them immediately to have an account setup with them where the cheque can be deposited into for clearance and further crediting after which you can then make transfers online from your offshore account into your personal account and the total amount you will receive is One Million Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($1.8 Million).

Click reply and send your personal details to the paying bank on email and the contact person is Mr.David Mark who will attend your call on his phone:+229 68006989;E-mail:mrdavidmarksr@gmail.com/mrdavidmarksr@web.co.zw

I await your soonest reply on all update with the bank

Best Regards,
Agnes Udenze
Secr.



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