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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.Rose William" <"imatATM."@vega.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Edward Mernick" <fastservice10@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:16:08 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend

United nation and IMF has finalize some of the necessary arrangement and your compensation Fund €950,000.00 has been
approve by the board of directors, We are pleased to inform you that the financial management group has suggested payments through (BANK DRAFT CHECK) and this will enable you to have direct Control over your funds.

Note, your payment files will be returned back to the UNITED NATION And IMF within 72 hours
if they did not hear from you, Now therefore contact the directorate below:

Mr.Edward Mernick
Email: fastservice10@yahoo.com

Full Name: ==
Country: ====
Phone: =====
City: =======
Address: ====
Age: =======
Sex: ======
Copy of your identity

Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Rose William
United Nations Foreign Affairs Representative

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