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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: Henry Martin <ifyxxarr@cotton.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Henry Martin <henrymarthin@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 06:31:52 +0900 (JST)
Subject: RE: RECOVERED FUND.

Dear Sir/Ma,

RE: RECOVERED FUND.

In reference to the signal received from our Investigative Team concerning overdue payments. We write to inform you that some funds have been recovered from some Security Companies, and sub financial houses, meant to be paid out to owners but diverted.
However, it was found after due auditing and vetting of all payment files, that your name was tagged on unpaid payment list. Thus, we are informing you that all overdue payments have been approved and sum of $5,500,000, as shown in our Gazette will be released to you after re-confirmation of your details.

1) Your full name and Address,
2) Phone, fax or mobile.
Contact this office directly via Email, Text or Call to speed up payment processing and release.

Do discard this information, if you are not the intended recipient.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Henry Martin
Director, Foreign Matters
Telephone:+1-231-577-4334

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