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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: "MRS. SAMPLE JANICE ANN" <christytodd690@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrssamplejanicea@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 04:53:19 +0100
Subject: Your Funds $890,000.00 United State Dollars

Attention: Beneficiary,

How are you today with your family what is going on are you very sure
this funds $890,000.00 United State Dollars is yours and why are you
keeping the funds without receive it because the way you are delaying
this am not happy with that if you dot want to receive the funds
$890,000.00 United State Dollars just email me and let me know so that
i will know what to do

note if you did not get back to me in the next 5- hours with the
$25.00 Us dollars i tunes card copy or Google play card copy payment
information i am going to forward this funds $890,000.00 United State
Dollars to the IMF and close your fill get back to me now and let me
know if you are alive or not because we need to get this done
immediately.

bear in mind that you are working with bank and we have a way of
doing with Customer so we have give you the grace so that you will
look for the fee so if i did not hear from you in the next 5 hours
with the payment info your funds $890,000.00 United State Dollars we
be forward to the IMF as you can see i have try for you to be patient
that choice is yours

I am hereby to notify you of your Funds $890,000.00 United State
Dollars which supposed to be sent to you by anyway of your choice but
you have kepted silient becuase of the fee that you were told to send.
Please i am here to inform you that the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
has make it very easy for you. Now you are to send only $25.00 Us
dollars i tunes card copy or Google play card copy and you will have
your fund $890,000.00 United State Dollars without anymore delay. And
please you have to reply immediately you get this message because it
is very very urgent.

Please make sure that you send the $25.00 Us dollars i tunes card copy
or Google play card copy immediately you get this message including
your information and your bank account details for the immediate
transfer of your total fund $890,000.00 United State Dollars.

As soon as we receive the above mentioned information, your Funds
$890,000.00 United State Dollars will be processed and released to you
without any further delay. We look forward to serving you better. Your
Funds $890,000.00 United State Dollars


Thanks,


Mrs. Sample Janice Ann

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