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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.Michael Green" <info@usa.com>
Reply-To: compliments.season111@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:28:05 -0800
Subject: Your Atm Card


Dear Compliments of the season to you and members of your family. It is my =
pleasure to officially inform you that your name was on the list of those s=
cammed victims, who was compensated by the Nigerian Federal Government to t=
he sum of $475,000 (US dollars). Already the sum of $75,000 (seventy five t=
housand US dollars) has been issued an ATM at Federal resverve Bank NEWYORK=
. awaiting the confirmation of your; 1)Full names 2)Address 3)telephone num=
ber, and 4)e-mail subject to the confirmation of your embassy. You are dire=
cted to contact the account officer in charge of foreign remittance, MICHAE=
L GREEN; via email; (compliments.season111@yahoo.com) Kind regards, FOR: Pu=
blic Affairs Section, Abuja Embassy of the United States of America Plot 10=
75 Diplomatic Drive Central District Area, Abuja, Nigeria. Best regards, Fr=
om MICHAEL GREEN Email: compliments.season111@yahoo.com=20

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