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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: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 02:00:21 +0100
Subject: Nwanne

Hafa brother,

I received your format in my box,i'm your fellow guyman,we can work
together.I'm Austin from Anambra Nigeria based in Malaga Spain,i
returned to Naija recently to tidy 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 have
Naija accounts for receiving local job payments,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 job tools are hard to get these days,if you need tools i know a
trusted hacker in Asia 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 lasts for 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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