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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: CDK2220 CONSULTANT <consultantcdk@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 02:38:23 -0700
Subject: DEAR PARTNER !!!

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Dear Partner,

I am the chairman of committee on works and housing. I got your
contact from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry England UK.
Through large-scale and billed purchases that were made on behalf of
the Anglo Gold LTD, my deputy and I have an excess amount of (USD
$25,000,000) TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS, which we now
want to transfer to any reliable account overseas.

This money represents an over-invoiced contract that was granted to
foreign contractor in 2016. The company that executed the contract has
since collected the payment of its contract leaving behind the
over-invoiced surplus of (USD $ 25,000,000) that was our agreement, if
you are interested send us the following information.

(1) Your full name and address
(2) Your telephone ,whatsapp or fax numbers
(3) Your nationality
(4) Your age
(5) Your occupation

I want you to bear in mind that this transaction is 100% real and risk
free. After indicating your interest, we will discuss the percentage
and also the government is waiting to make this payment to the
contractor's account less than ten business days.

After concluding the deal, together we can invest this fund in
realities urbanization, tourism, etc.

Due to the urgent nature of this transaction, you are requested to
send an email to me on this if you are interested as soon as possible.

Yours Truly,

Engr.Billy Elliot,
Chairman Contract Committee.

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