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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: David Robert <adamouma3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rev.johnmarck@saintly.com
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:33:55 -0700
Subject: DELIVERY GUARANTEE

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!! ATTENTION!!!

I write to confirm the fact if you are (DEAD) or (ALIVE) and failure
to reply bacK, simply means what Mr John Ali said was right that you
are dead. Mr John Ali, has agreed to pay the needed charge fee valued
of $200 required for the delivery Fee of your ( package) but we have
not gotten the money from him yet as we want to find out if you are
DEAD or not, so if you are still (ALIVE) you are advised in your own
very best interest to reply back to me with the needed fee of $200, so
that i will not answer his email again,The only money you will pay to
our office is just $200 for the delivery, Take note of this now, so we
can stop further communication with Mr.John Ali,and deliver your (ATM
VISA CARD) to your doorstep being the original benefactor of the
$23,000.000.00

CONTACT Rev.John Marck, WITH YOUR DELIVERY INFORMATION, his
email;(rev.johnmarck@saintly.com)

FULL NAME:===
AGE:=========
DELIVERY ADDRESS:===
CELL PHONE NUMBER:==
CURRENT OCCUPATION:===
SCAN COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT======
Email address

Best regards
David Robert

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