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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. Dennis Wise" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <denniswise72@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 07:57:37 -0700
Subject: Re: GOOD NEWS/URGENT REPLY

Dear friend,

I am Mr. Dennis Wise of Nationwide Mortgage Bank London, I need your help to transfer the sum of Fifty Eight Million United States Dollars only (US$58M) into your country for investment, and I believed that you are a reliable and trustworthy person capable of handling this transaction and as well as establishing a medium size industry in your country on my behalf as par my own percentage of this transaction.

I look forward to your earliest reply for more details, and you you can reach me via these emails: denniswise72@gmail.com or dwise5787@gmail.com

Thanks,

Mr. Dennis Wise
London.

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