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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: "Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IR) " <noreply@ministry.com>
Reply-To: investigation.department@outlook.es
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 22:06:00 +0200
Subject: Info


Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (UK) Directorat=
e Of International Payment And Transfer. Debt Reconciliation/Audit Unit MAE=
UEC / ISt Stephen's Green, Saint Peter's, Dublin 2, D02 VY53 Ref: IR/EU/UK0=
01 Unit MAEUEC. IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND US$1.5M ONLY VIA ATM MASTER =
CARD It is a pleasure to write you that we have reconciled with our logisti=
c department on the reimbursement of some fund spent by you during the caus=
e of your Inadequate dealings with some impostors who claim to be staff in =
banks and other regional payment centers. Our reconciliation teams with the=
prospectus instruments of the United Nations after freezing suspected impo=
stors accounts. These supports was fully effective with the help of World B=
ank after a summit meeting in EUROPE, on the financial analysis on financia=
l stability issues fluctuating their economy with the international global =
standard. After gathering of this sum, our logistic department gave us a li=
st of customers to be paid the sum =A31,336,850.93 British Pounds (One mill=
ion, three hundred thirty six thousand eight hundred and fifty and ninety t=
hree pence Pound Sterling) Who fell victims to these impostors due to unawa=
reness And mode of payment was as well specified for proper conducts and fi=
nancial regulations to kick against Criminality during process of payment. =
We have arranged your payment through our swift card centers, which is the =
latest instruction from International Monetary Fund Reconciliation Office. =
The card centre will send you an ATM master card loaded with cash which you=
will use to withdraw your money in any ATM centre, Banks and Union Pay Cre=
dit outlets in the world, or a satisfy cheque to your mailing address You a=
re hereby selected as an honor for this payment approval, which you are to =
acknowledge the receipt of this mail in returning the required below to the=
Bank Department. For more information Contact Barrister. Simon Coveney Leg=
al practitioner , Tfno/Fax:+44 74428 39884 E-mail: investigationdepartment@=
legislator.com Finally; for the purpose of proper verification of your clai=
ms, it is imperative that you furnish us with the following of your details=
necessary to process release/remittance of your payment: 1) YOUR FULL NAME=
(S)................. 2) FULL ADDRESS, CITY ( FOR ATM Card or cheque DELIVER=
Y) ................ 3) STATE............................. 4) COUNTRY ... ..=
........................... 3) DIRECT HOME....................... 4) MOBILE=
PHONE AND FAX.............. 4) COMPANY NAME...................... 5) POSIT=
ION AND ADDRESS (IF ANY)..... 6) PROFESSION........................ 8) AGE,=
AND MARITAL STATUS:............... 9) A COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVER=
S LICENSE: For your information, you have to stop any further communication=
with any other person (s) or office (s) to avoid any hitches in receiving =
your payment. Because of Impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduc=
t, which is (ATM-3037) so you have to indicate this code when contacting th=
e Card centre by using it as your subject. Kindly be informed that recipien=
ts shall be liable to all cost arising for the delivery of the donation par=
cel. This is due to Legal law protecting all donation funds misappropriatio=
n. Yours in Service, Ant=F3nio Guterres Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Europe=
an Union Coordinator. NOTICE: This E-mail (including attachments) is covere=
d by the Electronic Communication Privacy Acts, 18 U.S.C Sec 2510-2521, is =
confidential and may be legally privileged. The information is solely for t=
he use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient,=
any disclosure, copying, distribution, or other use of the contents of thi=
s information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in e=
rror, please notify us by return e-mail

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