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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: "Patricia B" <15157393@studentmail.ul.ie>
Reply-To: barrydominici@consultant.com
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 04:59:59 +0200
Subject: Good day



Dear friend, This is a personal email directed to you. I am Patricia Buskin=
g, my fiancee and I won a Jackpot Lottery of $393Million US Dollars in Aug.=
25, 2017, and have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $1,480,000.00 =
USD to you as part of our own charity project to improve the lot of 5 unkno=
wn lucky individuals all over the world plus 15 close friends and family. I=
f you have received this email then you are one of the lucky recipients and=
Please contact my legal adviser Barr. Dominic based in United Kingdom beca=
use I have given him instructions to deliver this money to you as soon as p=
ossible. You can contact my legal adviser Barr. Dominic his email [barrydom=
inici@consultant.com] just tell him that you are contacting him under instr=
uction from Code: BVTUTU883 he will honor my WILL and pay you within Fourth=
eight hours. Please send him your I.D,phone and address for verification a=
nd payment processing. My spirit will be uplifted once you get this money. =
You can verify this by visiting the web pages below. http://www.chicagotrib=
une.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-illinois-lottery-mega-millions-winn=
er-met-0826-20170825-story.html Best of luck, BVTUTU883=20

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