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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: FBI FRAUD DEPART <"WWW."@lake.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: FBI FRAUD DEPART <fbi_us.dc.gov@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:19:59 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GOOD DAY DEAR FRIEND

Good Day,This is the new appointed Fbi acting Director Mr Andrew G. McCabe,How are you doing today? This is to inform you that your Atm card which was held by the former Fbi Director Mr James Comey was found in my office today as a sized property to be transferred back to government treasury account.
But as a Us citizen the right of a Citizen still remains and valued.So i want this Atm card delivered to you as the rightful beneficiary to this fund as soon as possible.
So you need to provide the below information to enable us deliver the atm card to you direct.But note that you will pay the security keeping and the signing of all the necessary document which will cost you a total of $247.So fill the below info
YOUR FULL NAME....
STATE
HOME ADDRESS....
PHONE......
COPY OF YOUR ID....
Do it now so that we can proceed on the delivery asap.
Fbi Depart
Mr Andrew G.McCabe

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