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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: "Rev David Mark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <inter_agency1@yahoo.es>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 15:46:09 -0700
Subject: Very Urgent

Attn:Beneficiary
Your contract/inheritance fund have been approved through a special method of payment.''KTT/CREDIT CARD''. Mr. Becks Lee of Texas U.S.A. submitted affidavit of claim saying you are dead, claiming he is your next of kin if you are not send your name, address, phone. To claim your fund. As Diplomat Abraham Cole is at JFK International Airport with a diplomatic consignment waiting for the last clarification from your details in the old files before he can delivery the consignment containing your fund to his direct address where he want the deliver of the consignment to be made, text the diplomat on His diplomatic direct number here + 714 340 2205 now to stop the delivery to his address and get back to me with your details as I have requested above if his claim is false.
Rev David Mark

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