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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. Sonia Canessa-Gonzalez"<tpareda@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <tperada@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:59:18 -0700
Subject: ARE YOU AWARE

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Mrs. Sonia Canessa-Gonzalez
Executive Director
Address:101 N. Carson Street
Carson City, NV 89701

Dear: Beneficiary

I am Mrs. Sonia Canessa-Gonzalez, from Minister of Information To UN We write to know if you authorize or sent Mr. Jerry Thomas to claim your funds on your behalf, did you authorized Mr. Jerry Thomas? to claim your funds of $5.5 million dollars with hang Seng bank, Hong Kong, If you have not authorized Mr. Thomas to make claims of your funds kindly provide the details as listed below:

However we shall proceed to issue all payments details to Mr. Jerry Thomas, if we do not hear from you within the next two working days from today. If you have not authorized Mr.Thomas to make claims of your funds kindly provide the details as listed below:

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Scanned Copy of ID:

Yours Faithfully,
Your Service
Mrs. Sonia Canessa-Gonzalez
Executive Director

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