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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: Google PROMO <g00glepromo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:39:08 +0100
Subject:

I'm Abdul, from Kwara state Nigeria based in Kumasi Ghana, tell all
your fellow working guys i have a hot webmail that bombs emails to
inbox, no limit per day, it lasts full 2 weeks, i sell fresh email
addresses, old facebook accounts, free SMS blasting tools, old clients
that paid their catchers and no limit inbox SMTP, i have receiver
names for moneygram in Mozambique,Uganda,Ghana and Kenya, i have
Mozambique,Uganda and Kenya mpesa accounts, Ghana mobile money
accounts and bank accounts for Naija,Mozambique,Ghana,Uganda and Kenya
pickup.

I can blast 1 million fresh email addresses with your format and reply
to box with $60, you will be getting tons of quality replies daily for
several weeks.

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