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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: "Recovery Of Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eftwire@mail2online.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 04:26:05 -0700
Subject: Financial Recovery Payment

Attn
Confirmation email to notify you that your entitled payment was successfully release and transfer will be completed with the details of your contact address
Financial Recovery Of Lottery /Inheritance /Grant Releases  02/03/2017 thru 11/10/2018.  TRF /Amount: £2,000,000. 00
I/We would like to inform you that Bank shall be making transfer to your account once we have received your details by replying this mail.
If we are unable to reach you or your beneficiaries on the contact details you have provided us, you give us consent to withdraw your file from  Internal Revenue Service list of unclaimed fund.
1.Your Full name……………….
2. Your telephone………………….
3. Your country……………………..
4. Copy of your driver”s license…………….
5. Your bank name…………………………………….
6. Your account number……………………………..
7. Bank routing……………………………………………
8. Swift code………………………………………………..
9. Account holder”s name……………………………..
Thank you for using Online Banking System (Wire Transfer) As a Payments . ... Approval Notification and get to our Transfer department/Technical Dept.      Email : epaymentservice@financier.com /or call +27 619871832
Help Desk at Sophia Adam
Yours sincerely,

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