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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: "Daniel Ahote" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jpmorgan_bank1102@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:40:08 -0700
Subject: Re: Your response is urgently needed

Hello There;

How are you doing today? I am Mr. Daniel Ahote, the new director of Bank of America remittance department, ever since I assumed office I had been busy putting things under my control, releasing pending transactions and putting some accounts on-hold for involving in illegal transaction/ money laundering, your fund and thousands of others are pending/suspended for a reason I’m still looking towards to see. There are complications of various funds and amounts on your name but the certificate I got here in the office states 650,000USD on your name and this amount is also pending in the system, before I continue with this transaction/investigation I would like to know (1) did you know about this fund? (2) Did you have any document to backup this fund? (3)Did you pay any money to get this fund and fail? (4) Who is your account office handling the transaction in the past?
Thanks for your time I will be waiting your reply at your earliest convenience.

Regard,
Daniel Ahote

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