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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: EGO NDU <ego01ndu@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 20:55:27 -0700
Subject: COMPENSATION


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*COMMERCIAL BANK OF DUBAIKing Abdul Aziz Street,Immigration Road,AlQasimia
- Sharjah - United Arab
Emirates.----------------------------------------------Dear friend,I don’t
know if you can still remember me , I am Mr. Mudit Saxena .I worked with
Commercial Bank of Dubai as the information technology Operation Director.
But if you do not remember me, you will remember that you may have received
an email from me in the past regarding a business proposal which we could
not concluded.Presently I'm in Seoul South Korea with my new partner who
helped me to move the money for an Investment Projects with my own share of
the money. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to
assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed.I have
therefore, drop a check of $850.00 with my new Lawyer ,his name is
Barr.Waziri Mohammed, I have instructed him to send the check to you as a
form of compensating you for your good heart effort you exhibited in
helping me so Contact him on his email address
barr.wazirimohammed@yahoo.com <barr.wazirimohammed@yahoo.com>.Tell him to
send you the check worth a total sum of US US$850.000.00.Best regards,Mudit
Saxena.*

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