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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: SAM IBE <goodwill.thonson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: samibethanks@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:20:10 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir,

Dear Sir,

This is a very good news to all our debtors Contractors/Inheritance today
is our Independent Day in our Country Nigeria ,we want to use this Date
October 1 to make all our debtors to be happy with our Country Nigeria
because many are not happy with us due to the delay of their Inheritance
Funds and their Contracts .

Please accept our apologies , we want to use this month of October to
settle our Foreign Debtors just because many are not happy with us but by
the special grace of God every our Debtor must be settle accordingly but
before that you should reconfirm your Contracts/Inheritance details. just
to reconfirm that you are one of our Debtor and as soon as we confirm this
from you , we will immediately work on the method to released your Funds
.As the same time send to this Office your Direct Telephone Number. Call me
immediately you received this message.

Regards,
From Office of the Presidency foreign Debtors Affairs.
Tel:+2342348075328079

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