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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: deedee murray <davidalagonoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mendezmurray@inbox.lv
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:04:13 -0700
Subject: Hello

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Hello,
I'm Mrs.DeeDee Murray, a US citizen, 66 years Old. I reside here in
Denton, Texas. My residential address is as follows.67 Wellington Oaks
Cir, Denton, TX, United States. I'm one of those that fall victim to
scammers in Africa two years ago. I had lost over US $74,000 + for the
past years while in the US. I was trying to get some money i was told
about but all was Holy crap in a sandwich!!!. They always stopped my
funds with one reason or the order and that got me mad all time!!. So
I decided to travel with my son to Washington D.C with all documents.
There an FBI officer was amazed of my story and gave me the contact of
one Inspector Jack Swecker , who is a representative of the FBI and a
member of a reward committee, currently in the Republic Of Benin. And
when i contacted him he explained everything to me. He said whoever is
contacting us through email are fake that i should fly down to Benin
to see things for myself. As i landed in Benin they took me straight
to their office for some clarifications. The next morning i was took
to a bank for the claim of my money lost. This was paid to me
successfully. Right now am the happiest woman on earth because i was
rewarded with US$534,000. Moreover, Inspector Swecker, showed me a
list of names and address of some suspected victims also, this was how
i came across this email address. The only money i paid after i met
with Inspector Swecker, was just a little token less than US$180 for
the ownership paper works. So am now advising you to contact the FBI
officer for your own money.
Yours truly
Mrs. DeeDee.M.Murray

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