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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: "Mr. Raymond Cosh" <sale71856@gmail.com>
Reply-To: raymondcoshdg@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 10:09:37 -0400
Subject: Attention For You Outstanding Payment Urgent Message Reply




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Attn : Dear ,

I am here to inform you that the Banque Atlantique here has MANDATE to
CONFISCATE this your ATM MASTER CARD which worth $8.3M on Monday due
to it has not delivered to you since by one reason or the other which
is best known to you and if the CONFISCATE it you will lose all the
funds .

Therefore,I have reached an agreement with the DHL Diplomatic Agent to
deliver the ATM MASTER CARD and their PIN CODE to you because i don`t
want you to lose this your funds here and if it left here they will
not CONFISCATE the ATM MASTER CARD again which they have Schedule that
you will be using the ATM MASTER CARD to withdrawing this your funds
in the rate of Us$20,000.00 per a day and also transfer Us$150,000.00
per a day to your personal account until the whole Fund total of
Us$8.3M finished and here is the ATM MASTER CARD NUMBER ( 5359 2029
1225 3729 ) .

So,I want you to contact the DHL Diplomatic Agent with his email below
and also call him on his number and reconfirm him your current address
where he will deliver it to you before Friday this week ok.

Diplomat Name : Mr. Stanley Claret
Phone Number : +1 806 223 2628

Finally, i want you to go ahead now and contact him with your Full
Name, Address ,Phone Number and your copy of your id Card to enable
him to deliver this your ATM CARD PACKAGE with their PIN CODE to you
before Friday next week and i want you to comply with him immediately
he reach to your country for successful delivering the ATM MASTER CARD
and their PIN CODE to you and you can make first withdraw with the ATM
MASTER CARD immediately he deliver it to you and also check your
account to be sure that this your funds total of Us$8.3M is complete
in the ATM MASTER CARD before the Diplomat will left your address ok .

Take Note, You will send him US$100.00 only for the shipment of the
ATM MASTER CARD and their PIN CODE to your doorstep over there .

Thanks.
Mr. Raymond Cosh

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