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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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Fraud email example:

From: James Harvard <"www."@clock.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: James Harvard <money_gram00@yeah.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:26:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello,

Hello,

My name is James Harvard and i was transferred from uk to Africa as the new managing director of moneygram in the republic of benin.
I discovered that moneygram granted a wining fund of $1,000,000 Dollars to anyone and everyone who would be willing to be a customer. $1,000,000 Dollars would be sent to you where ever you are immediately your name has been cleared. All that is required for your clearance certificate is your :

FIRST NAME:
LAST NAME:
DATE OF BIRTH:
COPY OF YOUR ID:
ADDRESS:
A PASSPORT:

and a sum of $150 for your certificate registration.

For more information email me at; money_gram00@yeah.net or call +229 9489-3522

This can be the opportunity you have been waiting for.

Regards:
James Harvard

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