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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. Mary Condo" <v@agba.ga>
Reply-To: <danj33@rediffmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 03:50:58 -0800
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!


Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that your Contract Compensation funds valued 4.5musd (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United states Dollars) will be paid to you by the US Bank through the Nigeria oil reserve account.This Instruction was given By Minister of Finance after the Meeting held by the newly Elected President of Nigeria with USA President Mubarrak Obama on his first visit to USA.

So contact the Paying Bank now with your personal Bank Details,Home/Office address and your current phone number and ask them to release your overdue funds to your account.The Person in charge of your payments over there is.

Mr. Daniel Jones
Tel; 1-940 602 9549
Bank Address: 80 Riverside Blvd New York, NY 10069,USA
E-mail; danj33@rediffmail.com

God Bless you.

Mrs. Mary Condo

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