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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <azov.azov70@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 19:51:19 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend, I want to transfer US$10.5 Million to your bank account. The=
fund belong to our deceased customer who died with his entire family in =
Iraq War, leaving nobody for the claim and as such, I decided to contact =
you to enable us claim the fund. Your share is 40% while 60% for me. This=
transaction is 100% risky free. Contact me for more details on my privat=
e email address which is azov.azov70@gmail.com Thanks, Mr Razak Sanni Azo=
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usuario a quien esta dirigido. Puede contener informaci=F3n amparada por=
el secreto profesional. Si Ud. no es el destinatario especificado, sepa =
disculpar la molestia y le pedimos que por favor no copie, env=EDe o util=
ice ninguna parte del mismo y/o de sus adjuntos. Las opiniones vertidas s=
on responsabilidad del autor y no son emitidas ni avaladas por CEMIC, a m=
enos que se indique claramente lo contrario y que la identidad y represen=
tatividad del autor, para comprometer a nuestra instituci=F3n, puedan ser=
verificados. Bajo la hip=F3tesis que en Internet, la informaci=F3n conte=
nida en los mensajes y sus adjuntos podr=EDa ser modificada, no se garant=
iza la integridad de los mensajes.
CEMIC Legal Affairs
This message and its attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and are to be used excl=
usively by the user such message is being addressed to. It may contain in=
formation that is protected by professional secret. Should you not be the=
specified addressee, we apologize and request from you not to copy, send=
or use any part of it and/or its attachments. Opinions provided herein a=
re the author's responsibility and are neither issued nor supported by CE=
MIC, unless otherwise stated and provided the author's identity and repre=
sentativeness to involve our company, may be verified. Under the hypothes=
is that on Internet the information contained in the messages and its att=
achments could be modified, this does not guarantee its integrity.<o:p></=
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