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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: "A Dr.James Adjei" <"www."@gold.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "A Dr.James Adjei" <dr.jamesadjei788@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 01:54:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Please!!!

My Dear Good Friend,

I have tried getting through to you severally but cannot connect to you, My name is Dr. James Adjei the branch manager of Standard Chartered Bank, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager, made $9,300,000.00 Million USD which my head office is not aware and will never be aware of it.

Contact for more details; remember to contact me here avoid rung contact: E-mail: dr.jamesadjei788@yahoo.com

Also your details such as this are needed.

Your Full Name:.... Your Address:.... Your Phone/Fax:.... Your Country:.... Your Age:...
Your Occupation:.... Attach Your Id Card:...

Best Regards,
Dr.James Adjei

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