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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: Augustine Chukwu <mail.yoreply53@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 02:23:25 +0300
Subject:

Nwanne,

I saw your format in one of my old box,i am your fellow G guy,we can
be running works together,i'm Austin from Anambra but based in Malaga
Spain, i returned to Naija not too long ago to tidy some projects,i be
expert in handling fellow guymen jobs,i also receive any type of job
money for guymen through Western Union,Moneygram and bank transfers,if
you have any type of job be it dating,lotto,come and carry,come and
marry,transfer from Europe,America,Asia or anywere,bring the job and i
shall handle the job well to get so much money from the client, even
if the job is a fresh or old job, wether the client has paid before or
not, it does not matter,just bring the job and i will handle it well
through my online bank to make the client pay well, a trial will
convince you to bring more jobs and link your guys to me.

My modus operandi is before you forward any client to me,you will have
to contact the client and inform him or her that his or her money will
now be transfered from your affiliate bank in Europe,that he should be
expecting a call and or email from your affiliate bank,once you notify
the client,send me the client's email address,phone number,format you
are using on the client and the amount the client is expecting,once
you notify the client and send me the above details,leave the rest for
me,an igbo adage says : tupuru nkita okpukpu n'ezi,rapuru ya ogu ya na
ndi mmuo(Throw the bone out to the dog and leave him with the fight of
the spirit).My advanced online bank is the bomb,any client that logs
into my online bank and access his or her funds,must definitely pay.

I get contacts in different countries in Europe,America and Asia that
provides bank accounts and western union receiving infos,i have Naija
accounts for receiving local job payments,i can also receive western
union with any name in Spain and Portugal,so anytime you need bank
account or western union info to receive work money from any part of
the world i'm available,money receiving sharing is i will collect 20%
and any job i handle that pays the sharing is 50-50.If you have a
client that wants to pay you but the mugu's country does not send
money out through Western Union or moneygram,tell the client to
transfer the money to my Spanish,Portugal,USA,Poland or Thailand bank
account and once i receive the money i will transfer the money to you
via Western Union,if you have a client that wants to pay you but he
does not want to send money to you because you are in Africa,tell the
client to send the money via Western Union to me and once i receive
the money,i will send the money to you through Western Union.

Good tools are hard to get these days,if you need good tools i have a
trusted hacker in Thailand i can link you to,he sells all type of job
tools like tools for bombing emails and sms,fresh email leads,mobile
phone numbers,credit card details,paypals,alibaba tools etc,he created
a very sharp webmail that is reigning in Spain now,it sends 1000
emails at once and it has no limit to the number of emails it can send
in a day and it delivers to inbox of all email providers,the webmail
is reliable and it lasts well well,so if you or your guys are
interested in buying tools or has any job you want me to handle or has
any deal money you want me to receive for you through Western Union or
Bank,reply.

Austin

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