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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.Rebecca Alade" <fbi.cyber.secretary.director@gmail.com>
Reply-To: westernunionheadoffice53@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 03:58:35 -0800
Subject: GoodNews

Dear Beneficiary

We have finalized all the necessary arrangement and your fund ($10.5M
Dollars) has been approved by the border directors of Central Bank
Africa and you will be receiving $5000 per day. Furthermore our
attorney will go to the Inland Revenue tax office to obtain a letter
of administration tax clearance approval which we don’t know how much
it will cost from high Court. The most important requirement that we
need from you is your full current information well noted and
understood.

You name___
You country__
You address___
You Occupation____
You Age/sex__
Your occupation direct phone number__

email :{westernunionheadoffice53@gmail.com))
Best regards,
Mrs. Rebecca Alade

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