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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: "Mary JOHNSON," <comercial@advn.com.br>
Reply-To: tntexpress564@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:19:11 -0200
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE////




ATTENTION;THE REALLY OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS,
This is to inform you that your Lottery winning funds valued 7.8musd has
being converted into cash and registered at TNT Global Express Delivery
Company to be deliver to you safely as it was the Security Company that
has delivery immunity.Here is the Registration Number of your
Package;KG/009/205/016.Batch Number,SG00323/16.Kindly contact the TNT
Global Company now with their contact e-mail address below;
E-mail;(tntexpress564@gmail.com)
Contact Person;Mr Olu Jacob.
And you should submit all your delivery details to them including your
home address and your direct contact phone number to enable them deliver
your package to you without delay.
Note, that the funds was registered in the Delivery company as your family
Native Clothes for security reasons and do not disclose the real content
of this Package to the company to avoid over billing.
God bless you while i wait to hear goodnews from you soon.

Thanks.

Mary JOHNSON,

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