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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: officeoofficeoffi <silvana.ceresoli@alice.it>
Reply-To: officeoofficeoffi6528@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:27:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: INFORMATION AND DIRECTIVES OF HOW TO PCI YOUR $5000 USD

REPLY BACK IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE

We are Writing to confirm the fact if you are (DEAD) or (ALIVE) ,and failure
to reply back in the next 24hrs simply means That what Mrs Betty Mcnus said

was right that you are seriously sick almost dead.
Mrs. Betty Mcnus has agreed to pay the balance your charge valued at 175GBP
POUNDS
required for the TRANSFER of your US$4.9 Million Dollars ON HER NAME,

but we have not gotten the money from her yet as we want to find out if
truly, you are DEAD or not, so if you are still (ALIVE) you are advised in
your own best interest to reply back.
We are confused over your attitude on this your

fund transfer which we want to transfer directly to your name
not through your next of kin.
YOUR TOTAL FUND OF US$4.9 Million Dollars,
And why you would send a next of kin , without letting us know first,

if you ALIVE ,
we have started wondering if you can actually trust Mrs BETTY McNUS AS
YOUR NEXT OF KIN TO CLAIM the fund on your behalf .
IS IT TRUE YOU SENT HER?.
Please reply back or else we take our decision by releasing the US$4.9

Million Dollars to her.

AND RECONFIRM US WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION NOW AGAIN
TO AVOID WRONG FUND TRANSFER
DUE TO OUR PAST EXPERIENCE
Your name..........
address.............
country...........
country code.......
occupation.........
phone number...........
age......................
sex.......................
next of kin.........
email of next of kin............

YOUR PAYMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE, CONTACT (PASTOR TERRY COOL ) TO GIVE
YOU THE
INFORMATION AND DIRECTIVES OF HOW TO PCI YOUR $5000 USD

THROUGH WESTERN UNION STORE AROUND YOUR AREA
EMAIL WESTERN UNION ON officeoofficeoffi6528@gmail.com OR call +229 99227468

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