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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: "doctor williams" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: doctorwilliams113@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:29:19 +0100
Subject: Re:STOP ALL TRANSACTION

Dear Sir/Madam

This is to inform you that we have verified your contract /inheritance file
and found out that why you have not received your payment is because you
have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your fund.

Once again, you have to stop hence your further communication with any
other person(s) or office(s) regarding this transaction, this is to avoid
any hitches in finalizing your payment. We have scheduled your transfer to
be effected through our online banking system. To commence, you need to
reply back with your information as listed above to ensure you are the true
beneficiary.

1. Full Name:.........
2. Address:.....
3. Country:.........
4. Phone number:.....

Your transfer is scheduled to be completed under 14 official banking days,
that was because your payment file worth of $7,800,000.00 has less than 21
days to expire in this bank and when it expires, the fund will go into the
Federal Government treasury account.

Yours sincerely,
Email:(doctorwilliams113@gmail.com)

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