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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 Katherine Bills" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mmfinnan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:24:13 -0700
Subject: Re: Your ATM CARD Payment Process

My name is Katherine Bills, I am a Computer Scientist working
with LLOYDS BANK.
 
I came across your payment file marked X and your released disk
painted RED. I took time to study it and tried to find out
why the funds were not released to you.
 
Those evil officials can never tell you the truth that
they won't release the fund / ATM CARD to you;
instead they allow you spend your hard earned money
unnecessarily.
 
This is like a Mafia setting and you may not understand because
you are not a Banker.
 
The only thing needed to release this fund to you is the Original
INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT PERMIT (IPP),
which will be tendered to any of your nominated bank and the
Internal Revenue Service IRS for clearance of the transferred
amount in your account OR ATM CARD.
 
Once the Original PAYMENT PERMIT is secured, Your fund / ATM CARD
will immediately be released to you.
The only authorized and sincere person who can help you obtain
the Original PAYMENT PERMIT is Dr Klint Hunt.
Make sure you indicate your file letter X and tell him its
painted color Red so he will be able to recognize your file.
 
You are going to receive a total sum of $2.300,000.00 (TWO
MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)
for this year 2020 as recorded in your file here and will be
transferred to your bank account or released to you Via ATM CARD
as soon as the Original PAYMENT PERMIT is obtained.
 
Go ahead and contact Dr Klint Hunt immediately and don't be
afraid of anybody, any other person apart from him is definitely
a fraud.
 
The Contact:
Name: Dr Klint Hunt
Email: mmfinnan@gmail.com
 
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Katherine Bills.

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