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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: "Jan Eliasson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davifish@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:57:27 -0700
Subject: Attention!

Attention,

This is to official inform you that we have been having a meeting for the past two months in the meeting we discussed on issue concerning Scam victims this compensation exercise is also extended to victims of War displaced also including some government retired workers and You are among those that was listed all over the world that will benefit from these compensation which have been concluded.

Therefore I am writing to notify you that United Nation have agreed to compensate you with the sum of US $ 2.5m (Two million five hundred thousand united state dollars) We have arranged your payment of USD $2.5m through ATM CARD.The ATM Card with Security Pin Numbers shall be delivered to you using DHL Express Mail Service (DHL) .

Contact our representative Barrister. David Fisher and forward the following details to him.

1. Your Full Name:

2. Address Where You want us to Send Your ATM Card

3. Mobile Number:

Contact Barrister. David Fisher with below email and forward your details to him.

Email: (davifish@yandex.com)

Thanks
Jan Eliasson

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