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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: Brenda Wright MD <bdawrt@mercyclinic.com>
Reply-To: wanedmen@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:19:25 +0100
Subject: Greetings



--
I am Dr. Brenda Wright, a US citizen, 48 years old. I am one of those
that took part in the compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they
refused to pay me, I had paid over $20,000 while in the US, trying to
get my payment all to no avail. So I decided to travel over to Nigeria
with all my compensation documents, and I was directed to meet Mr. Wayne
Donald, a member of the COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE. He informed me
that whoever is contacting us through emails are fake. He took me to the
paying bank for the claim of my compensation payment.



Right now I have received my compensation funds of $1,500,000.00.
Moreover, Mr. Wayne Donald showed me the full information of those that
are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email address as one of
the beneficiaries, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing
with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making
money out of you.



I will advise you to contact him directly through the below email.



Name: Mr. Wayne Donald

Email: wanedmen@gmail.com


You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting
you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway
with them, they are only taking advantage of you. The only money I paid
after I met Mr. Wayne Donald was $420 for the paper work, take note of
that.



I wish you the best of luck.



Brenda Wright MD

cowrrie@yahoo.com

5010 Emerald Lake Dr

Fort Worth, TX 76103-1333

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