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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: "GODONOU" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <diplomate.camara@vp.pl>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 21:27:39 +0100
Subject: Re: Call it now (971)777-6278

ATTENTION,

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU THAT DIPLOMATIC AGENT TERRY HAS ARRIVE IN YOUR
NEAREST AIRPORT TODAY WITH YOUR PACKAGE WORTHY $5.5MILLION YOU HAVE TO CONTACT
HIM AT THIS EMAIL ADDRESS (diplomate.camara@vp.pl) AND ALSO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU CALL HIM ON (971)777-6278 ONCE YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE,
REMEMBER
TO RE-CONFIRM YOUR FULL INFORMATION UNFAILINGLY.

1. NAME...................
2. ADDRESS................
3. PHONE NUMBER...................
4. AGE........................... .......
5. OCCUPATION.................... .........
6. NEAREST AIRPORT.................

MAKE SURE THAT YOU FILL ALL YOUR INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY, SO THAT HE CAN
DELIVER THE PACKAGE WORTH $5.5 MILLION SUCCESSFUL AS HE JUST LANDED IN YOUR
COUNTRY NOW DON'T MISPLACED YOUR INFORMATION, HE WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS
WHEN YOU RE-CONFIRM YOUR DETAILS. YOUR PERSONAL CODE TO THE BOX IS
XLA21492014SD, AND THE COLOR IS SILVER. NB INDICATE THIS CODE TO THE DIPLOMATIC
AGENT TERRY, SO THAT HE CAN KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THE BOX.

REGARD
MR.

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