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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: mike brown <"www."@wind.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: mike brown <deplomaticmike@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 18:49:16 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Please






Am Mr.mike brown,the International diplomatic agent and i was sent from the
United Bank Of Africa (UBA) Benin Republic to delivered your ATM MASTER CARD
of
$15million us dollars to your destination home address and right now am at the
City of Corpus Christi, TX. 78413 USA and i want you to send text message to me
now once you received this message and give me all about your information to
avoid wrong delivering such as"

Your Name:
Your Address:
Your Telephone
your country and state:
your email address:
and the name of the nearest airport to you:

regard
mike brown
phone call +1872 221-9470

email.(deplomaticmike@yahoo.com]

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