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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: "Mr.Neil Gorsuch" <"www."@able.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Neil Gorsuch" <office.f@fastservice.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 07:01:36 +0900 (JST)
Subject: dept of the Supreme Court of the United States of America

This email is coming to you from the office Mr.Neil Gorsuch from the department of the Supreme Court of the United States ,Please my dear i am here to make it clear to you that there was a case that was been handling here in the Supreme Court of the United States since June 15th , 2017 concerning your funds because we got some reports that you did not received your funds since after every story's you heard from banks,couriers and agents regarding the funds and all type of payments you have be paid to receive the funds but none is received by you.

And we are hereby to know the truth because the person that is in charge of the transaction said in this court here that you have received your funds and confirmed to him that you received your funds as an ATM Card .

Please we are here to hear the truth from you, because according to the president of this country Donald Trump the 45th U.S. President, he told us that you did not receive your funds since over the Obama administration , he stated that his office did not have your name in file of those who received their funds from the appointed office .

Please here bellow is what we want you to answer to enable us to handle this case normal as the reporter said that it has been done to you.

(1)Do you receive any money from the Country USA ,AFRICA OR EUROPE .........?.
(2)If you received money , how much.............
(3)Through which way, bank or courier delivery do you received the
money from them.........
(4) is It true that you received money through ATM........
(5)In which date or year.......................
(6)Which authority approves the file..................

Please i advise you to go direct to this question above and answer me immediately because i want to get the truth from you.

Sincerely Yours ,
Mr.Neil Gorsuch
(604) 674-3975
dept of the Supreme Court of the
United States of America

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