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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ruth_moore13@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: olu Peter <op69481@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2022 23:13:53 +1400
Subject: Contact her for Your atm visa card For Compensation immediatel
Dear Good Friend.
I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Indonesia.
Presently I am in Indonesia for investment projects with my own share
of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget you’re past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it
failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is RUTH MOORE
Email:(ruth_moore13@yahoo.com)
Contact her and ask her to send you the total of
atm visa card $920.000.00.{Nine Hundred And Twenty Thousand United
States Dollars} which I kept for your past efforts and attempts to
assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very
much. So feel free and get in touched with my Secretary RUTH MOORE and
instruct her where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know
immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the
suffer ness at that time. Do send to Ruth Moore, your contact details.
Your Full Names…...........................................
You’re Address…..............................................
Cell Phone Number…........................................
Your occupation................................................
Your Age….....................................................
To enable her submit your details to her for delivery of your package
ATM CARD to your address for your compensation money to your
nominated a to your address for you to withdraw the money from any
bank atm machine in your country.
In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects
which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember
that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to
receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with RUTH MOORE
will send the amount to you with out any delay.
Thanks and God bless you.
MR OLU PETER
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