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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: Payment Department Office <abcde@sunmail.cn>
Reply-To: <acccount@accountant.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:43:23 +0100
Subject: World Economic Empowerment Inheritance Fund.


Re:COMPENSATION

Attention: Beneficiary ,

Attn: With reference to the authorization by the International Court of Justices in conjunction with the Financial Conduct Authority to investigate the unnecessary delay of your approved World Economic Empowerment Inheritance Fund. The FCA is empowered to recommend and approve your payment claim if certified genuine. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by some corrupt officials who are trying to divert the fund into their private accounts. Be informed that Your Contract/Inheritance Fund ATM CARD PIN is 1765. Your daily Card Limit is 10,000.00 USD per day. The Card is valid till December 2017. And the Total Amount in the ATM VISA Card is One Million, Five Hundred United State Dollars. We await your Delivery Address and a Valid Phone Number for the Card to be delivered to you within the next 48 hours, as the Courier Delivery company is Awaiting your details.

Your Urgent Response will be appreciated.
Regards
Mr. Sunny Francis

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