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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: "Mr. Collins Mark." <senders@usa.org>
Reply-To: financialservicesandloandept@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 17:54:25 +0100
Subject: Greetings Sir /Madam


Greetings Sir,

I hope you are okay with your family?

I am in direct communication with a bona fide provider who is able and
capable of delivering Fresh Cut genuine and verifiable bank
instruments such as BG, SBLC, LC, MT799 BLOCKED FUNDS, MT760 and Loans
which are cash and assets backed and can be put into any form of trade
or/and project finance/funding, we deliver this instruments from top
rated AAA banks in the USA or Europe.

Kindly put forward your request on bank instruments so as we can help
you set in motion accordingly and immediately.

Please be advised on this as we wait to receive your immediate
response with your contact details.

Thanks,
Mr. Collins Mark.
Email:----- financialservicesandloandept@gmail.com
Mobile /What'sapp: Line: + 447734493260

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