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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: mail@korchev-karkas.ru
Reply-To: joshmorgan@diplomats.com
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:56:20 +0300
Subject: STOP CONTACTING....

Hi,

You have to read this to amend your mistakes my dear, I am contacting
you because of the information I saw about your fund payment, this will
be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been
experiencing in regards to your long over due payment due to excessive
demand for money from you by the non officials departments.

I am Mrs. Alice Blount from Atlanta Ga USA I am 58 years old, Am
thinking of relocating to New Zealand I am one of those that are to be
compensated by United Nations I was a victim of scam I sent so much
money abroad and they refused to pay me, I have spent over 160.000.00 US
Dollars trying to get my payment and all to no avail, not knowing I was
dealing with the wrong people. the united Nation is compensating all
those that has an outstanding payment and are yet to be paid, including
those that have been scammed in various ways. eg. dating scam,
contracts, compensation etc.

One day, I got an e-mail from a Man called David Smith from California
in USA, telling me to stop dealing with people contacting me if any, and
contact an FBI Agent in Washington DC to receive my fund, which I did,
by traveling down to Washington DC, I was directed to meet the only
elected payment FBI Agent in the country (USA) which happened to be the
same FBI Agent that David told me about, his name is Special Agent
Kelvin Clark and I tabled my problem to him, Be hold he explained
everything to me, he said that whoever contacting us through emails for
ATM Card, UPS, DHL and Cashier Check, Dating scam E.T.C are Fake.

After, he took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation
payment, Right now I am the happiest woman on earth because I have
received my long due compensation payment of $15M, Moreover the FBI
Agent, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive
their payments and I saw your email Address and your fund amount as one
of the beneficiaries, that's why I decided to email you to stop dealing
with those criminals contacting you, honestly they are not with your
fund, they are only making money out of you, I will advise you to stop
any contact with them and contact the payment FBI Agent to claim your
fund with the following E-mail:.. (joshmorgan@diplomats.com) before its
too late. The only money I paid when I contacted Agent Josh to received
my funds was $400, for obtaining of your fund legal documents. I am a
living testimony.

Yours Truthfully
Mrs. Alice Blount

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