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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: worker@philio-tech.com
Reply-To: stdstd1969@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:03:44 -0700
Subject: my subject

Dear Sir,
Good Morning, I hope you are not affected directly by the corona virus pandemic !!!!
We did not hear from you again about your $2,000,000.00 World Bank compensation due to you that has been in our treasury for long.You have been advised to open an online bank account with us here so that we can release the fund little by little to you,which means by now all the money could have been with you but you kept silence,too bad.
I have told you to contact our Bank Manager , Mr. Martinez Gomez on email:
(bancostdesp17893@gmail.com ) or (bancoprudente@hotmail.es) for what will be required to open an account that can help you receive this huge amount,please do that as there is still chance for you now.
Thanks for your understanding.
Saludos,
A.B. Jose Paglar.
( Director of Foreign Transactions, Banco
Santander,Madrid Spain.)

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