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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: DR DAVID MARK <"www."@crux.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: DR DAVID MARK <Deliveryagent408@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 04:36:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Beneficiary our agent at your city airport.

WILLIAMS JOHNSON POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY AGENT IS NOW AT YOUR CITY AIRPORT WITH YOUR
ATM VISA CARD PARCEL WORTH OF 6.8MILION USD DOLLARS , AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
SEND HIM YOUR DETAILS com)AGAIN SO THAT HE CAN NOT MAKE MISTAKE OR CALLHIM 1(773) 657-5189 EMAIL{Deliveryagent408@gmail.com THIS IS ALL NEEDEDNOW URGENT BECAUSE HE IS THERE NOW WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SINCE
YESTERDAY,AND I TOLD HIM TO BE AT THE SECURITY OFFICE SO THAT NOTING
WILL HAPPEN TO THE CARD,
(1) Full names ---
(2) Phone line ---
(3) Country and city -----
(4) Age/sex ------
(5) NEAREST AIRPORT:---
(6)Home address:--
EMAIL HIM YOUR ADDRESS NOW IS VERY URGENT SO THAT HE WILL NOT BE
DELAYED ANY MORE OVER THERE,FOR THE DELIVERY.
This is your registration code (DHJKT00678G)
THANKS DR DAVID MARK,

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