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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: johnwegulin@gmail.com
Date: 23 Mar 2019 20:13:01 -0400
Subject: NOTIFICATION FROM UK

Dear Beneficiary,

 


We had a meeting with the entire board of directors today and we have concluded that your compensation payment that is long overdue to be released to you in this case get back to me now for little instructions to follow and have your compensation payment released to you .

 


CONTACT ME WITH DETAILS BELOW FOR YOUR PAYMENT RELEASE.

EMAIL:  johnwegulin@gmail.com
NAME: MR JOHN WEGULIN

 

REGARDS
MR JOHN WEGULIN
ZENITH BANK UK

 

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