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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: <lrywole@gmail.com>
Reply-To: larrywole@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 13:41:16 +0100
Subject: Transfer Message

Beneficiary,

I have been following your case for long and i am not happy with what is going on, you must promise me that you will not mention to anyone what i am about to reveal to you. If you tell anybody about this message or about me then i will leave you to continue dealing with the criminals.

In Addition, You will hear more details of why you have not been paid as soon as you respond to this message, I am ready to release your funds through our platform since your Payment Redialed Disk is with me but you must promise me of sincerity to keep my identification and location secret.

Stop further dealings with them because I am with your payment redialed disk which means you will not receive any funds outside me. Disregard whatever parcel from them, like ATM or Hard Copies, is just an advance trick to convince you further for more money, you will find out the whole practice once you respond positively to this message.

Sincerely,

Dr Larry Wole
Foreign Representative
Telephone. +2348118069011

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