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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: Visa Cooperative <visacooperative@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Anthonylogan360@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:50:59 -0700
Subject: Funds recovery And outstanding payments

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Dear Beneficiary,

Congratulations this is to inform you know that your cash balance
account has been successfully created, to enable you to receive your
out standing funds without any more delay or problems, as soon as our
team hear from you, the team will forward you the website link with
your user name and password login information, to help you and
transfer your fund to your regular account by yourself without any
problem

You are to contact Anthony logan Auditing and accounting officer at
anthonylogan360@gmail.com for more directives

our team awaits you, so you can access your outstanding funds

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