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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: "Ms. Carman L.Lapointe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mscarmanloffic@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 08:39:10 +0100
Subject: To: Dear Owner,

To: Dear Owner,
 
 
 
This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from Canada, after
 
series of complaint from the FBI and other Security agencies from
 
Asia,Europe, South America and the United States of America respectively,
 
against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for
 
the high volume of fraudulent activities going that is on in these two
 
nations.
 
 
 
Right now, as directed by UN secretary General named Ban Ki-Moon we are
 
working collaborations with the Nigerian Financial Crime
 
Commission/agencies and we have decided to waive away all your clearance
 
fees/Charges and authorized the Government of Nigeria to effect your
 
overdue payment worth $5.5M only into your account without any delay as
 
approved and instructed by CANADIAN government and UNITED NATIONS,But the
 
only fee you will pay to receive your fund is the Notarization fee. Upon
 
your request, I will tell you the amount and also send you the payment
 
information you will use in sending the Notarization fee.
 
 
 
Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some
 
top Nigerian and Canadian Government Officials are interested in your fund
 
and they are working in collaboration with One Mr. Richard Graves from USA
 
to frustrate you and  after divert your fund into their personal
 
account.
 
 
 
Note that I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here so I would
 
like you to urgently respond to this message with your full name, full
 
address,direct phone number so that I can advise you on how best to
 
confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours. Once again,
 
the only fee you will pay to receive your fund is the Notarization fee.
 
Upon your request, I will tell you the amount and also send you the
 
payment information you will use in sending the Notarization fee.
 
 
 
You can reach me with below information:
 
Email Address: (mscarmanloffic@gmail.com)
 
 
 
Sincerely yours,
 
Ms. Carman L.Lapointe
 
Head Of United Nations Under-Secretary
 
General For Internal Oversight Services



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