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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: Augustine Chukwu <mail.yoreply53@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 16:53:17 +0100
Subject: Hafa Bro

Hello bro,

I saw your format in my box,i'm your fellow guyman,we can work
together.I'm Austin from Awka-etiti in Anambra Nigeria based in Malaga
Spain,i returned to Naija recently to complete some projects,i
specialize in handling fellow guymen jobs,i also receive any type of
job money for guymen through Western Union,Moneygram and bank
transfers.If you have any type of job be it dating,lotto,come and
carry,come and marry,transfer from Europe,America,Asia or
anywere,bring the job and i shall handle the job well to get so much
money from the client,even if the job is a current or old job,wether
the client has paid before or not,it does not matter,just bring the
job and i will handle it well through my online bank to make the
client pay so much,a trial will convince you to bring more jobs and
connect your guys to me.

My modus operandi is before you forward any client to me,you will have
to contact the client via email and phone call and inform the client
that his or her money will now be transfered from your affiliate bank
in Europe,that he should be expecting a call and or email from your
affiliate bank,once you notify the client,send me the client's email
address,phone number,format you are using on the client and the amount
the client is expecting,once you notify the client and send me the
above details,leave the rest for me,an igbo adage says : tupuru nkita
okpukpu n'ezi,rapuru ya ogu ya na ndi mmuo(Throw the bone out to the
dog and leave him with the fight of the spirit).My online bank is the
bomb,any client that logs into my online bank and access his or her
money,must definitely pay.

I have many contacts in different countries in Europe,America,Asia
that provides bank accounts and western union receiving info,i can
also receive western union with any name at all in Spain and
Portugal,so anytime you need bank account or western union info to
receive deal money from any part of the world i'm available,money
receiving sharing is i will collect 15% and any job i handle that pays
the sharing is 50-50.If you have a client that wants to pay you but
the mugu's country does not send money out through Western Union or
moneygram,tell the client to transfer the money to my
Spanish,Portugal,USA,Poland or Thailand bank account and once i
receive the money i will transfer the money to you through Western
Union,if you have a client that wants to pay you but he does not want
to send money to you because you are in Africa,tell the client to send
the money via Western Union to me and once i receive the money,i will
send the money to you through Western Union.

I know good job tools are very hard for guymen to get these days,if
you need tools i know a trusted hacker in Cambodia i can connect you
to,he sells all type of tools like tools for bombing emails and
sms,fresh email addresses,mobile phone numbers,credit
cards,paypals,alibaba tools etc,he developed a very sharp webmail that
is reigning in Spain now,it sends 1000 emails at once and it has no
limit to the number of emails it can send in a day and it delivers to
inbox of all email providers,the webmail is reliable and it expires in
1 year,so if you or your guys are interested in buying any job tool or
has any job you want me to handle or has any deal money you want me to
receive for you through Western Union,Moneygram or Bank transfer,reply
this mail.

Austin

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