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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: "Illuminati" <oseiseusifoh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: illuminati047@aol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 20:33:06 +0300
Subject: Join the great Illuminati today and become rich and famous.

Hello

Join the great Illuminati today and become rich and famous. Are you

seeking for wisdom and knowledge? Are you a business Man/woman, Pastor,

politician, musician, doctor, footballer, student? Do you want to be a

famous artist or an actor (e t.c ) and you want to be rich, powerful and

famous in the world? Join the Illuminati New World Order and let your

dreams come through, Every member receive the sum of $500,000.00 dollars

every week with a car. Contact the great Illuminati with the below email

address : illuminati047@aol.com

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