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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: info@info.com
Reply-To: christopherluker2@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2017 08:02:07 -0700
Subject: Exclusive Offer

Good Day,

I'm Christopher Luker, A naturalized American and a business merchant based in the United States. Suffering from a long term Coronary artery disease. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only a couple of months to live, according to medical experts. I regret that I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone, but my trade. Though I am very well to do, I was never open handed; I was always hostile to people and regarded them like they never had hopes of becoming as successful as myself. Now I know that there is a lot more to life than just prosperity.The summary of my proposal is for you to help me distribute funds which will be made available to you. Funds will go to charity organizations & the less privileged in your region. Please get back with me for more details on this project (INTERESTED PERSONS ONLY). You will be rewarded HANDSOMELY.

Love and peace of the Lord be with you, now and forever.
Chris.

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