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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: christopher mcgraw <procoretechnology@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tylermorison20@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:55:26 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION

--
Hello
Good day
I have already explained myself to you
The reason why am here is that the new elected president Mr Joe Biden
and his vice Biden Harris teeter They’re giving out vote of thanks to
all the citizens of America and few outsiders
To prevent much time of delivering issue
We created a PayPal account for each civilian of America (that’s a
customized PayPal account that only contains the $3,000,000 that Mr
President is giving out to everyone all you need is to claim the email
and password and when you log that in, you can withdraw your money.So
what is your full name let me find your account and screenshot that
for you
KINDLY CONFIRM ME WITH YOUR;

Mobile NO;
Address ;
occupation;
Gender ;

GET BACK TO ME ONCE YOU RECIEVE MY MESSAGE
THANK YOU

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