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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: "Mrs. Judith Compola" <bhn_dsc2@aol.co.uk>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Judith Compola" <Mrs.judith@mail.com.tr>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:19:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: My Private Email Address Mrs.judith@mail.com.tr



Good Day,

Hope All Is Well With You And Your Family.

I Am Mrs.judith Compola, Accountant By Profession, I'm 34yrs Old, Working At The Office Of Auditing And Accounting Department Of Africa Development Bank (adb).i Is Married With 1 Kids. My Residence Addresses No: 18 Avenue De La Charles Degaulle Sects: 21. Box Postal: 01 Bp 5256 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I Want You To Handle This Business Transaction With Me If Chance To Do International Business.

I Got Your Mail From Google Search. We Are Imposition To Reclaim And Inherit The Sum Of (us$5.5millions Dollar’s) Without Any Trouble, From A Dormant Account Which Remains Unclaimed Since 11 Years The Owner Died. This Is A U.s Dollar’s Account And The Beneficiary Died Without Trace Of His Family To Claim The Fund And No Next Of King. I Want You To Stand As His Business Associate And I Will Guild You Without Any Risk Involve.

If Interested To Do This Business With Me Without Betray Contact Me Through My Private Email Address Mrs.judith@mail.com.tr With Your Full Details As Bellow, I Will Immediately Give You More Details Of The Transfer.

(1) Full Name: ............................................. (2) Country: ....................................................... (3) Direct Telephone Number:

............................................... (4) Age: .................................................................. (5) Occupation And Position:

............................................... (6) Marriage Status: ....................................................... (7) Gender:

................................................................

Best Regard, Mrs.judith Compola, E-mail Address: Mrs.judith@mail.com.tr

Am Waiting For Your Urgent Reply So That We Will Start Immediately, Sorry If You Received This Letter In Your Spam, Due To Recent Connection Error Here In My Country. May Almighty God Bless You!

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