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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: MR GARY CANON <"www."@ever.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: MR GARY CANON <mrgarycanon@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 04:22:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CALL OR TEXT ME NOW +1(786) 485 6847

Hello Dear. I am diplomat agent MR GARY CANON, I just arrived at Miami International Airport in Florida with your ATM CARD worth of $(8.5M)as i just landed in your country now but
misplaced your information, i will give you more details when you
re-confirm details. Your personal code is XLA21492014SD use this code
to the Diplomat MR GARY CANON, so that i can know that you are the
rightful owner.
please Contact me with your delivery information such as,
Your Name,
Home Address
Nearest airport
Copy of id
Your phone Number
You Age

my email address mrgarycanon@gmail.com
CALL OR TEXT ME NOW +1(786) 485 6847
God bless you
Best Regards,
MR GARY CANON

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