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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: "MR. KENNETH OBA" <"www."@energy.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MR. KENNETH OBA" <kennethoba5@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 05:40:11 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATM ARRIVAL

I,m your Diplomatic Agent Mr. Kenneth Oba. The one assigned to deliver your ATM CARD worth ($17.5million Dollars). I want you to kindly Reconfirm Your Full information to me such as your full Name, Current Home Address, Nearest Airport Age, occupation, status and your Direct Cell Phone # So that arrangement can be made for the delivery of the ATM card to your home address. I can be reached at (513-348-1478) text or drop me a voice message if i am unavaleble at the moment.

your urgent responds is needed immediately.


















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