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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: "$11.5Milloin" <info@rina.org>
Reply-To: deliverups098@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 23:03:50 +0100
Subject: Power Of Attorney!!!$11.5Milloin USD

GREETINGS DEAR CLIENT;

We received an email from one Mr. Harris Alison who presented a
telephone number with a resident address, saying that you gave him the
power of attorney to claim your ATM Card deposited in your names.
Please try and get back to us immediately before we instruct him to
pay for the required charges Of $150 and have the ATM Card delivered
to him. $11.5Milloin USD

Below Is The Information He Sent To Us.

Name: Mr. Harris Alison
Street 50 Marriott Driv
City: Tallahassee
State: Florida
Zip: 32301


YOU ADVICE TO SEND THE FEE THROUGH RIA OR MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER
BTC AMERICAN EXPRESS/ GOOGLE PLAY OR Apple cards WITH POWER OF
ATTORNEY ACCOUNT. YOU HAVE TO CONTACT THE DELIVERY SERVICE COMPANY EMAIL: deliverups098@gmail.com

REGARDS
OFFICE OF ATTORNEY.

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