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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: "Dr. David IGE" <info@ansfrid.org>
Reply-To: <ddavidigeng11@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 04:10:35 -0700
Subject: Partnership Needed Reply!!!

Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas,
NLNG House, Broad Street,
Lagos Central Business District,
LAGOS NIGERIAN.
 
Hello Dear,
 
RE: TRANSFER OF Us$29,500,000.00 (TWENTY  NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT.
 
The above sum resulted from inflated (OVER INVOICE) contract amount from awarded and executed contracts by this company, i want to present you as rightful beneficiary of the $29.5 Million Dollars hence am not aloud to operate oversea account ,reply for more details.
Kindly keep this as a confidential to yourself for security reason. Percentage will be discuss once i hear from you.
Thanks while i await for your response for further details on d.ige20201@outlook.com
 
Best regards,
Dr. David IGE.
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