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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: "Governor (CBN)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <govcbn@bk.ru>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 22:57:15 -0800
Subject: Your Compensation is Available

Dear Beneficiary, Your Money Is Available To Pick Up At Any Money Gram Office. The first payment of your compensation fund has been sent today via money gram now to pick up your first payment of $5000.00 usd, we will continue sending your money until your total amount of 2.8million usd is completed. So via any money gram office now to pick up your first payment of $5000.00 usd now, after that you can get back to me now for your second transfer I am waiting to hear from you as soon as you pick up your first payment, you can call me for your second transfer via our head office or you can call our office money transferline (1-718-568-9040) Here is the information to pick up your first payment track it now with last sender name fleming, and go and pick up your first payment of $5000.00. Money Reference Number(REF);63833030 Sender's First Name: John Sender's Last Name: fleming Ref:# 63833030 (Track the Ref by Ref:# 63833030 visiting:::::::::HEDGEHOGs:// secure.moneygram.com/track) Yours faithfully, Dr. Joseph Nnanna Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) email: jnana@govcbn.33mail.com

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