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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: "SENATOR BUKOLA SARAKI" <admin@mbholding.com>
Reply-To: senateoffice247@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 13:09:10 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam?=
ARE YOU ALIVE

  
ATTENTION SIR THIS PERSON SAID THAT HE IS YOUR BENEFICIARY HE SAID YOU

ARE DEAD SO GET BACK TO IF YOU ARE NOT DEAD OR I WILL TRANSFER YOUR

PAYMENT TO HIS ACCOUNT SO GET BACK TO ME SO YOU CAN RECEIVE

YOUR PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY TODAY SEND YOUR BANK DETAILS IF YOUR NOT DEAD

SEND YOUR TWO INFORMATION IF YOUR NOT THE ONE MY ACCOUNT COORDINATES

AREAS FOLLOWS: Bank name: THE BANK OF NOVA Scotiabank address: 610

BurrardSt., Vancouver, BC Province, V6C 3A8, CanadaSWIFT CODE:

NOSCCATTBeneficiary account name: KAMAL KG SIKCHIBeneficiary address:

1060Yarmouth St., Port Coquitlam, BC Province, V3C 5H4, CanadaUSD

Accountnumber: 01800 04367 20

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IF YOUR NOT DEAD SEND YOUR BANK DETAILS AND ADDRESS SO YOU CAN RECEIVE

YOUR PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY BEST REGARDS MARY JOHNSON TELEX ROOM

DEPARTMENT CBN
CONTACT THE EMAIL DIRECTOR MRS. MARY JOHNSON TO THIS EMAIL INFORMATION BELOW .

rveisaac777777@gmail.com

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