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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: "Miss.Ava Olivia" <sadikharuna2017@gmail.com>
Reply-To: genesismike6@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2021 17:41:40 -0800
Subject: Attention

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Attention


THIS IS IS Mr Franklin Benz IMF international monetary fund's
COMPANY I'M THE LEGIT AGENT WHO
IS IN CHARGE OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX DELIVERY THE CONSIGNMENT WHICH WORTH
THE SUM OF $4.3 MILLION USD,THE DELIVERY WAS HANDED OVER TO ME BY THE STATE
GOVERNMENT DO TO THE DELAYING OF YOUR PAST DIPLOMAT AGENT WHO CONTINUE TO
ASK FOR MORE MONEY TO COMPLETE THE DELIVERY TO YOU, BUT NOW EVERYTHING IS
UNDER THE STATE GOVERNMENT AS I'M TAKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW SO YOU DON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ANYMORE BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS DELIVERY IS NOW WELL
LEGITIMATE AND READY TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU SO
YOU HAVE TO KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
YOUR FULL NAME...........
YOUR HOME ADDRESS.......... Your country
OCCUPATION............
YOUR PHONE NUMBER....
A COPY OF YOUR ID......... YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS





Best regards Mr Franklin Benz

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