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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: "For: Mr.Ibrahim Mustafa" <finance@ytc.cn>
Reply-To: <vinpeet8020@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 04:38:01 -0700
Subject: (SUBJECT: IMMEDIATE ACTION)

ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
 
Attn: Beneficiary.
 
My name is Mr.Ibrahim Mustafa Magu, chairman of the ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC), in alliance with the economic community of West African states (ECOWAS).
 
I wish to inform you that we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part of Africa,Europe,Asia and America, with the help of United States Government and the United Nations.
We have been able to track down so many of these scam artists in various parts of west Africa, Europe and Asian countries and have also been able to recover so much money from them.
 
The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United State Government, have ordered the money recovered from these Scammers, to be shared among 100 Lucky victims around the globe.
 
Therefore, this mail is being directed to you because your name/particulars (including email address) was found in one of the scam Artist's  computer hard disk in our custody and with the information gathered from this Scam artist, we notice that you have been scammed of so much money and have decided to compensate you with a little token of $2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred thousand Us Dollars), to recover the lost of your funds.
We have also arrested those who claimed to be barristers, bank officials, Lottery Agents and those who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not exist.
 
Since your name and email address, appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who shall receive a compensation of US$2,500,000.00, we have made arrangement for your fund to be release to you through a notable bank in Africa or America and you shall be contacted as soon as you respond to this mail with the below information, as a proof we are communicating with the rightful person.
 
1)YOUR FULL NAME.
2)YOUR ADDRESS.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER(S).
4)YOUR OCCUPATION5)YOUR IDENTITY/AGE.
6) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
 
Contact us with the information required for verification @ ( vinpeet8020@gmail.com ), to enable us start the processing of your fund release.
 
We guarantee your safety and wish you the best of luck.
 
Best Regard,
 
For: Mr.Ibrahim Mustafa MaguCHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT.
 
NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, thatis because of the restrictions 23:45:32  by your InternetService Provider, we (EFCC) urge you to treat it genuinely.
 

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