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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: "FROM MONEY GRAM OFFICE" <fileo8500@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mgramoffice2@aol.com
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 13:17:16 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: Re: Your first payment of $7000.00 has been sent today




GOOD DAY,

WE THE MONEY GRAM REMITTING OFFICE WE LET YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SENT YOUR
FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $2,500.000.00, TO YOU THROUGH MONEY GRAM, YOU
WILL BE RECEIVING $7.000.00PER DAY, NOW WE HAVE SEND THE FIRST PAYMENT TO
YOU.

SO CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR MR DAVID MARK AND ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU THE MONEY GRAM
PAYMENT INFORMATION SO YOU WILL PICK UP YOUR FUNDS THROUGH MONEY GRAM
WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

EMAIL ADDRESS TO CONTACT
NAME: MR DAVID MARK
PHONE NUMBER: +2348103654962,
EMAIL: ( moneygram123@qq.com )

AND CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.

YOUR NAME:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NO:
HOME ADDRESS:
CITY:
AGE:
SEX:

CALL OR EMAIL HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE MONEY GRAM INFORMATION TO
YOU
AS SOON AS YOU POSSIBLE.

YOURS SINCERELY
MR. PAUL EDWARD

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