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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: "Christian Garcia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <awhats614@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 19:02:47 +0100
Subject: Re: Christian Garcia From Bank Of America ...

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
I am The Branch Manager, Bank Of America Palm Desert CA, I have Important Matter to Discuss with you concerning my late customer Dennis R. Kozacek who Died in a plane crash on 19thApril 2019 without a Next of kin to his $362Million in his company account with us. Get back to me so that we can chat a way forward.
 
Christian Garcia
Branch Manager
NB: Heres the link to the story if you wish to confirm my info:https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2019-05-01/ntsb-probes-crash-of-plane-in-southwest-washington

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