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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: Chad wolf <kirstjennielson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefileua@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:06:40 +0000
Subject: From Chad F. Wolf please your urgent response is needed


Greetings

This is Chad F. Wolf the current Secretary to the Homeland Security at Dc,
I’m contacting you regarding a Consignment box worth 8.5 million united
state dollars brought to my desk In Washington, D.C. to be signed and send
back to the originated country as unclaimed fund, As result of the
information I got, I told them to wait until I hear from you today so that
I'll know the reason why you rejected such amount of money which is your
compensation fund just because of the document.

I need your urgent response as soon as you receive my email and explain to
me the reason why you have abandoned your luggage, but if you don't
need this fund
anymore then we can change your name to another person here in united
states so
that this Government will not claim this money. Get back to me right now.

Chad F. Wolf

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