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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: "Mr.Williams Dickson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wdickson607@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 10:54:43 -0800
Subject: RECEIVE YOUR FUND THROUGH DIPLOMATIC MEANS

DEAR BENEFICIARY JOLANTA TYBURA,
 
THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR FUNDS HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT BUT WE CAN NOT
 
TRANSFER THIS FUNDS $15.5MILLION US DOLLARS  DIRECTLY TO YOUR
NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT, BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH
 
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) SO OUR METHOD OF PAYMENT  IS BY
OUR DELIVERY AGENT TO DELIVER THE FUND TO YOUR HOUSE
 
ADDRESS.
 
NOTE:- THAT EVERY ARRANGEMENT REGARDING YOUR CASH PAYMENT THROUGH CASH
DELIVERY HAS BEEN MADE, NOTE ALSO THAT YOUR FUNDS HAS
 
BEEN PACKAGED LIKE A CONSIGNMENT.
 
WE WANT YOU TO SEND YOUR DIRECT MOBILE PHONE  AND YOUR RESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS, ID-CARD OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT TO US
 
IMMEDIATELY.
 
WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR DETAILS INFORMATION TO ENABLE US
SECURE THE CLEARANCE DOCUMENT FROM FEDERAL HIGH COMMISSION
 
IN YOUR NAME BEFORE THE DELIVERY AGENT WILL MOVE THE FUND TO YOUR HOUSE.
 
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
 
MR.WILLIAS DICKSON ,
SECRETARY GENERAL
WORLD BANK.

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