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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. AISHAH AHMAD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andcas717@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:06:47 -0000
Subject: YOUR LONG OVER-DUE FUND PAYMENT

ATTENTION

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE MY INFLUENCE AND POSITION AS A REGIONAL
FINANCIAL COORDINATOR WITH EUROPEAN UNION COMMISSION TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOUR LONG OVER-DUE FUND PAYMENT HAS BEEN DEPOSITED WITH "GA
NATIONAL BANK" ATLANTA GEORGIA USA.

THE AUTHORITY HAS RESOLUTED TO RELEASE YOUR FUND WITHOUT NO DELAY
THROUGH THE ABOVE MENTIONED BANK.

YOU ARE ADVISE TO RESPOND BACK TO ME WITH YOUR DETAILS CONTACT TO
ENABLE ME FURNISH YOU WITH THE FULL DETAILS CONTACT OF THE GA-NATIONAL
BANK USA SO THAT YOU CAN CONTACT THEM AND INSTRUCT THEM TO RELEASE
YOUR FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR HOME AND OFFICE PHONE NUMBER

I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU ASAP.

MY REGARDS,
MRS. AISHAH AHMAD

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