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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: "Nigerian custom service" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nigeriacustomofficalgovngco.uk@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:13:07 +0100
Subject: NOTICE:NOTICE:NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

NOTICE:NOTICE:NOTICE
 
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
 
I WRITE TO BRING IT TO YOUR NOTICE THAT YOUR 10.5M USD HAS BEEN RECOVERED AND EVERY ACCESS OF SENDING MONEY TO YOU THROUGH ATM MASTER CARD AND TRANSFER HAS BEEN CANCEL, AND I HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAND YOUR CHEQUE AND TO MAKE SURE IT DELIVERS AND GETS TO YOU WITHOUT ANY FORM OF STRESS, HERE IS THE SCAN COPY OF YOUR CHEQUE AND AS SOON AS THIS ONE DELIVERS TO YOU AND GET IT IN PEACE THE SEND CHEQUE WILL ALSO BE SEND TO YOU THE SAME WAY.
 
   
Nigerian custom service management.
Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd)
 
DCG Suleiman Ibrahim Idris is the
DCG Finance Administration and Technical service (FATS).
 
DCG Ugo Daniel Ayegba is the
DCG Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection.
 
DCG Ukaigwe, Paul Chigozie, fsi is the
DCG Strategic Research and Policy.

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