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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.IBRAHIM MAGU" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mribrahimmribrahimmagu454@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 17:43:41 +0200
Subject: Good Day!

Attn:

I am MR.IBRAHIM MAGU the chairman of Financial crime commission in Nigeria, i want to use this medium to find out if your lost any money through internet any where in this world, because $10.2m was set aside by the government to pay the scam victims, so if you lost any money, kindly indicate by do is to contact the undersigned furnish him with the following data of yours immediately as we intend finalizing this payment in few days time.

First Name :......................................
Country:...........................................
City:..................................................
Tel: .....................................................
Sex :........................................................
Age: ........................................................
ID: ............................................................

EMAIL: Forward your name & Mailing address (Not P.o Box Please) to Director of Investigation Mr. Joseph through email:
(mribrahimmribrahimmagu454@gmail.com)
Yours Sincerely
MR.IBRAHIM MAGU
FROM EFCC MR.IBRAHIM MAGU

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