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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: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 12:06:30 +0100
Subject:

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your fellow working guys i have a sharp webmail that bombs emails
direct to inbox with no limit per day, it lasts full 2 weeks, i sell
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Mozambique and Kenya mpesa accounts, Ghana mobile money accounts and
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I can blast 1 million fresh email leads with your formats and reply to
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