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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: "Ronald Jenkins Esq" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nswenson10144@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 03:40:21 -0800
Subject: How are you doing today?

Hello Dear

How are you doing today? hope you are doing good. This is an official reminder from the Federal Treasury Department concerning your payment valued $15, 000, 000.00 {Fifteen million United State dollars} only, We hope that you have commenced communication with the authorized payment center, if not we encourage you to contact our director for immediate release of your approved funds as the appropriate beneficiary, as we have acquired all the necessary paperwork for onward the release of your funds.

we wish to inform you through this medium that we are working hard to arrest all the hoodlums and sue the unauthorized officials who attempted to divert your approved funds and that have been extorting money from the innocent individuals globally and ruining our reputation meanwhile a private secure bank in United Arab Emirate in City of Dubai have been officially assigned to secretly handle your payment and ensure that you receive your fund without any delay.

Our office is determined to complete your fund transfer in accordance with the payment policy through a reliable bank in DUBAI UAE We decided to assign the bank in UAE Dubai to handle your payment for security reasons as UAE Dubai has the best banking systems and its one of the safest country without scam records. This important letter is based on the email we sent to you yesterday February 26 2020 which we did not get any response from you stating or confirming if you have contacted the paying bank officials in UAE Dubai, We observed that you are yet to contact our payment center in DUBAI UAE Bank with your personal information based on our instructions.

We urge you to contact our authorized bank payment official director directly with your personal information for rectification of your payment file in our office for you to be paid immediately.

Contact person: Mr.Shayne Nelson
Bank Name:Emirates NBD Bank
Contact email: nswenson10144@gmail.com


Thanks for your understanding and co-operations remember your payment have been approved globally to be paid to you without delay.

Respective in services,
Ronald Jenkins
Information officer.

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