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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: Patricia Henderson <web1@jkde.jp.tn>
Reply-To: <Patriciahenderson1@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 22:02:59 +0100
Subject: Hello Friend,

Hello Friend,

I am Patricia Henderson; US citizen 61 years Old. I reside here in
Florida. My residential address is as follows.5629 Muse Ct.
Zephyrhills, Florida 33542, United States
of America, am thinking of relocating since I am now Rich And
comfortable with my Family. I am one of those that took part in the
Compensation in Africa many years
ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over US$94,000.00 for the
past years while in the US, trying to get my Payment all to no avail.
And they always stopped my
funds with one reason or the order.

However, I decided to travel with my Son to WASHINGTON D.C with all my
Compensation documents, And I was directed by the ( FBI) Director
JAMES BRIEN COMEY, to
Contact AGENT ERIC MAX, who is a representative of the (FBI) and a
Member of the COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, presently in Nigeria.

And I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever
is contacting us through emails are fake, He took me to the paying
bank for the claim of my Compensation
payment This was paid to me successfully. Right now I am the happiest
woman on earth because I have finally received my compensation funds
of( US$2.5Million) Hence,
AGENT ERIC MAX, showed me the full Information of Those that are yet
to receive their compensation funds and I saw your name as one of the
scam victims and one of the
US$2.5Million Beneficiaries that is why I decided to email you to know
if you have Received yours, and to advise you to stop dealing with
those people, they are not with your funds,
they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact
AGENT ERIC MAX, You have to contact him Directly on this information
below to know if he can help you too.

FBI COMPENSATION AWARD AGENT

Name: ERIC MAX

Email: ericmaxx1@outlook.com

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting
you And telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway
with Them, they are only taking
advantage of you and they will dry you up until You have nothing left.

The only Money I paid after I met AGENT ERIC MAX was just $390 for the
Ownership Paper Works, Take note of that because that was only money I
Paid.

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact
AGENT ERIC MAX so that he can help you to deliver your fund instead of
dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for
different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Patricia Henderson
5629 Muse Ct. Zephyrhills, Florida 33542

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