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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: "Marin Witt" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <msgodblessedme17@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 07:16:38 -0500
Subject: Read Our Victim Payment Solution HERE.

For those of you whom have not yet received your Victim payment, contact this barrister now to claim yours and stop contacting those scammers, many of us had lost so much to scammers trying to get our payment but failed, but today i had gotten back all i had lost through this barrister, I only paid $350 and that was for the obtaining of my fund permit clearance certificate, after that my fund was wired to my account without no stress nor more fees, if you have not yet received yours kindly contact him now to claim your victim payment, and stop contacting those scammers before you went bankrupt, his email paymentbarr2017mjgovt20@gmail.com

Regards.
Mrs. Marin Witt

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