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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: FROM SENATE COMMITTEE <senatehousecommitee@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: paymentacreditationofficer@presidency.com
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:25:26 -0500
Subject: GET BACK TO US ASAP



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Dear creditor,
Due to corruptions, African Union in conjunction with Federal Government
agreed that all pending payment such as compensation fund, contract
payment, inheritance and winning funds should be release to
beneficiaries through Habib Bank AG Zurich Switzerland for transparency.

To this development, we contact you to know if Habib bank have released
the approved sum to you, confirm the amount released to you and date you
confirmed fund. We need your urgent reply to help us put our record
straight and send our report ASAP. I am in Switzerland to supervise the
payment for a hitch free transfer to beneficiaries.Your urgent response
will help us serve you better.

Yours faithfully,
Doc. Morris C. EKeh

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