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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: "MRS ROSALINE BRUCE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <moneygramheadquater001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 20:52:51 -1200
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

NOTE THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO PAY YOU YOUR MONEY THROUGH MONEY GRAM URGENT
REMITTING OFFICE SINCE YOU WAS UNABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR MONEY THROUGH WESTERN
UNION DUE TO THEIR MANAGEMENT BUT NOW WE HAVE SENT YOUR FULL COMPENSATION
PAYMENT OF US$4.5 MILLIONS USD TO YOU THROUGH MONEY GRAM,YOU WILL BE
RECEIVING $5000.00USD PER DAY.

BUT I WANT YOU TO CONTACT THE MANAGEMENT IN MONEY GRAM RIGHT NOW AND ASK HIM
FOR YOUR FIRST PAYMENT HIS NAME IS MR.PAUL WILLIAM,ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU THE
MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK UP YOUR FUNDS
THROUGH MONEY GRAM WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.
Your name..................
Country..................
Phone no..............
Address/city................
A COPY YOUR ID.......................
Age/sex....................

CALL(+229-6926 0595) FOR HIM TO PROVIDE THE MONEY GRAM INFORMATION TO YOU
AS URGENT AS YOU CAN.

THANK YOU AND BE BLESSING.
MRS ROSALINE BRUCE

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