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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 Connie Dutton." <unitedstateminitryzone@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsconnie.dutton@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:14:11 +0100
Subject: To Whom It May Concern.

Greetings

Am Mrs Connie Dutton, I am a US citizen, 51 years Old. I reside here
in Silver Springs Florida. My residential address is as follows. 7008
E Hwy 326 Silver Springs Florida 34488, United States, am thinking of
relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in
the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me,
I had paid over US$20,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment
all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation
documents, And I was directed to meet Barrister Edmond Walls, who is
the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he
explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through
emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation
payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I
have received my compensation funds of $1.5 Million US Dollars
Moreover, Barrister Edmond Walls, showed me the full information of
those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email
address as one of the beneficiaries, that is why I decided to email
you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund,
they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact
Barrister Edmond Walls.

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name : Barrister Edmond Walls(Esq)
Email: barr_edmondwallsconsultant@live.com

The only money I paid after I met Barrister Edmond Walls was just
(US$170) for the paper works, take note of that.

As soon as you contact him he will send you the payment information
which you are to use in sending the payment to him in order for him to
obtain the document from the court of law there in Nigeria so that
your fund can be transfer to you without any delay just the way mine
was being transfer to me.

Send him the following details if you know you are ready to have your
FUNDS so that as soon as he receive your information he will send to
you the payment details for sending him the ($170)only that is needed for
him to get the document that is needed to make the transfer a
successful one and that is that only payment i made to Barrister
Edmond Walls and he help me in the transferring of my FUNDS and i
most say that you have to contact him so that he will help you the way
he help me to Get my FUNDS without any further payment.

My regards to your family
Mrs Connie Dutton.
7008 E Hwy 326 Silver Springs
Florida 34488, United States

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