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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: "Rev Fr. Sanjay Davi" <xx@yy>
Reply-To: sanjaydavi9@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 20:25:17 -0700
Subject: For Your Immediate Payment ..

Attention:

We thank God that you are not going to pay any money to anybody to receive your fund because they have waive all the fees for you to receive your fund after i have explain to them on you behalf that you have suffered for so long and yet you have not receive your fund.

So you should get to us for the recomfirmation of your full name, current telephone number and address for the immediate payment of your fund without any delay but you should remember to keep this a top secret because there are some people that did not want you to receive your fund unless you continue to paying them.

Regards,
And God bless you
Rev Fr. Sanjay Davi.

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