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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: Martin Hudson <martinhudson0007@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 09:00:18 +0100
Subject: Re: We are running out of time


Hello

Happy new month my dear,we are running out of time and also understand
that we have come a long way and i promise you with my own life that i will
never disappoint you now or within the next 5 years we are going to be
making our monthly commission of USD$3Million,the USD$3million commission
will be coming into your bank account for these 5 years of operation with
our licence,i have sent to you the receipt of the payment i made which is
number 1 and 2,The only money you are sending now is number 3 which £9,850
GBP only and our licence will be ready for operation,i want give you my
word that no other payment will ever be paid by us never,because this is a
genuine project,we have come a long way and i have so must trust and
confidence in you not to betray me, that is why i have been waiting for you
all this while.

I PROMISE YOU WITH MY LIFE THAT I WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT YOU OR ASK YOU FOR
ANY OTHER COST,I WILL NEVER.

FEEL FREE TO CALL ME ON THIS NUMBER IF YOU WANT TO CALL ME, + 1 607 533
2167

I will furnish you with a bank account to send your own part of the only
cost remaining amount £9,850 GBP as soon as you are ready ,then give me
just a few days the licence will be out and the copy will be sent to you
before we start supply,i will always carry you along,so you have nothing to
worry about.

Thanks for your understanding and effort and please stay safe.
I expect your urgent reply with good news.

Regards,
ENGR Martin Hudson

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