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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: "Raymond Eze"<raymondeze@tutanota.com>
Reply-To: <raymondrandalleze@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:20:19 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY FRIEND..

DEAR FRIEND

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW
ME,I AM MR RAYMOND EZE, I WORK IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA,PACKAGING AND COURIER DEPARTMENT. I GOT YOUR CONTACT IN MY
SEARCH FOR A HONEST PERSON AND SOME ONE I COULD TRUST. CAN I TRUST
YOU?

I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLEAR THIS PACKAGE THAT IS ALREADY IN abroad
WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH CBN ACCREDITED COURIER AGENT BUT THE CONTENTS
OF THE PACKAGE IS $20,000,000.00(TWENTY MILLION US DOLLARS) ALL IN
$100.00 NOTES, BUT THE COURIER COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY
THAT I HAVE IN THE PACKAGE.

FINALLY,IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS BUSINESS KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BELLOW

Full Name ...................
Company Name.................
Official Statutes/Position...
Contact Address .............
Country of Origin ...........
Date of Birth................
Phone Number ................
Occupation...................
Sex..........................
Marital status...............


WITH THIS INFORMATION WE CAN PROCEED TO GET THIS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

FINALLY, YOU WILL HAVE 40% AND 10% FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY OCCUR DURING THE PROCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION,
WHILE 50% WILL BE FOR ME.PLEASE, MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE REVEALED TO ANYBODY.

WARM REGARDS TO YOUR FAMILY,
MR.RAYMOND EZE
OPERATION OFFICER
PACKAGING & COURIER DEPART.

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