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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: "Mrs. Melania Trump" <"WWW."@aurora.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Melania Trump" <mrs.melaniatrump@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:19:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION.

ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION.

Donald John Trump is an American businessman and the President elect of
the United States, he has pleaded with the whole world who voted him in for
a compensation notice.

My Husband is doing this for the world because of his happiness concerning
the presidential Election that took place on the date of (08/11/2016).

I am Mrs Melania Trump ,am the wife of the new president Mr Donald John
Trump. we are offering the sum of $200,000.00 ( USD) to the whole world
who has contributed on the election that took place on the date of
08/11/2016.

My husband has assured the whole people in the world who has voted him in
to stand a chance of receiving the sum $200,000.00 ( USD). the amount will
be delivered to you through the Speed Height Delivery Service or the DHL
service or even Fedex courier service.

The office will not charge any much fees on the delivery but just the
registration fees as noted amount is ( $170 USD ) must be paid to our
agent who based at california. once the payment is done, the tracking
code will be given to you immediately.

So try and fill the below details of you and your families members who also
voted, they are all allowed to receive this funds too.

First name :

Last name :

Address :

City :

Country :

Zip code :

Age :

Mobile number :

Next of king

Mother's middle name:

Once we have the above info, then you will be give the payment

information on where to send the above sum before the delivery will beregistered.

contact steve mnuchin the USA treasury secretary on his E-mail (stevemnuchin82@gmail.com)for more information.

NOTE : you are not to send any penny after the first payment and you are
also not to share your cash with any agent once the delivery is done.

Just make sure you do not delay to fill the receiver's info, this is very
important and you must do this within the next 48 hours because we have
just 2 months to get the whole money sent to whom so ever has complied withthe massage.

Thanks.
Mrs Melania Trump.

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