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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: "Mr.Robert Gray" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marcelowurah212@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:01:53 +0100
Subject: Re: YOUR FIRST PAYMENT OF $5,000 USD

Attn: Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that your Compensation fund totaling the sum of $850,00000 USD is ready for transfer through MoneyGram Transfer after our extensive meeting with Ministry of Finance.We will be sending you daily payment of $5,000.00 USD until the total sum of $850,000.00 is completely transferred to you.The information required to commence the transfer of your compensation payment of US$8500,000.00 should include the following:

1. Your full names
2. Your address
3. Telephone number
4. Your private email

Note: that our director of MoneyGram operation, Mr.Marcel Owurah will send your first payment of $5000 today as soon as you can forward us the above details. You can reach our director of oepration Mr.Marcel Owurah at this number (+229) 68 45 73 14 soon as you receive this email for more details. Have a nice day as we wait for your timely response.

Regards
Mr.Robert Gray.
REPLY TO: transfermoney242@gmail.com

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