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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: "Ms. Rose Mark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <julietharryonly1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:43:22 +0100
Subject: Re: Re: Transfer $1,200,000.00 USD

My Dear Friend,

Good morning, I am Ms. Rose Mark, secretary to the Director Head Of Electronic Transfer and payment verification Unit of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) in Cotonou, Republic of Benin. We are pleased to inform you, that the United Nations-Millennium Development Goals has concluded their annual draws of the Online regular EMAIL users for the year 2020.

Your email address fall into the 1st category of Batch *A* been AFRICA payment centre and therefore attracted a cash reward of One Million, Two Hundred Thousand United states Dollars ( $1,200,000.00 ) been part of the online prize money to you.

Thus, it has been of a matter of urgency that you’re adhered to come forth to claim your payment without any hitch. You can receive your payments via any of this payment Options you may Choose, like BANK DRAFT / CHEQUE PAYMENTS, ATM CARD PAYMENT or DIRECT BANK TRANSFERS. We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we hear from you, for proper payment to avoid any mistake.

For urgent attention, please kindly forward your details on this email  only:      jacqueshans01@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,
Ms. Rose Mark

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