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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: "Barr. Collins" <mrssrosepatricks@gmail.com>
Reply-To: inffo.sixade@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 15:47:50 +0100
Subject: Good News!

Hello,

I am pleased to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred with the cooperation of a new partner from Vietnam. Currently,
i am with him for investment projects with my share of the total sum.
However, i did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring the funds, despite that it failed us somehow.

I raised $750,000.00 USD, which was credited in an ATM Debit card for you
to compensate you for your initial efforts in the past to help me in a
transaction that I thought it was divine for both of us to succeed
together. This is my last effort in reaching you, after several attempts to
contact you had failed. Now contact my Secretary, his name is Mr. Adetola,
contact him now to send you the ATM card. His email address is (
inffo.sixade@gmail.com).

Make sure you confirm your information to him to avoid giving the ATM card
to the wrong person, send him your full name, address, occupation, age,
direct phone # and your country.

Best regards
Barr. Collins.

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