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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: Peter Owos <mr.peterowos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 10:40:56 +0000
Subject: Best

Hello,

Am barrister Peter Owos a solicitor at law, i need your assistance to put
claim to the money left by my late client,fund valued at $10.5 million
dollars that is left with the bank, i need your assistance so we can put
claim to this money,so this money can be transferred to your account before
the bank confiscate this fund..

Am contacting you because you and my late client share the same last
name,so if you are interested to assist me then get back to me for more
details...

Your full names..............
Your age...............
Your Marital statue..........
Your telephone numbers...............
Occupations...........................
Your residential address.......................

Best Regards.

Peter Owos.

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