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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: "Federal Action Task Force" <info@radiotop.hu>
Reply-To: federalatfng@gmail.co
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2018 08:46:21 +0900
Subject: Important Notice!

Sir/Ma,

Prior to the financial action of this administration led by President
Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), we discovered that you are yet to get your
outstanding part payment valued at $25,500,000.00 from the Nigeria
government after paying fortune to fake officials in Nigeria and other
African countries so we resolved to take legal action against them and
ensure you get paid and please stop further communication with any
other person or office until we finish paying you via bank to bank
transfer and via visa master card system of payment.

You have been warned to avoid being defrauded or misled. More so, do
quickly confirm your banking details for the transfer or your
residential or official address for the visa master card .

Thank you,

Dr. Jackson Ogbemudia,
Chairman, Financial Action Task Force
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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