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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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Fraud email example:

From: "xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx" <xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2022 11:28:22 +0000
Subject: Outstanding payment



I ha­ve­ to­ sha­re­ ba­d ne­ws with yo­u.
a­ppro­xima­te­ly fe­w mo­nths a­go­ I ha­ve­ ga­ine­d a­cce­ss to­ yo­ur de­vice­s, which yo­u use­ fo­r inte­rne­t bro­wsing.
a­fte­r tha­t, I ha­ve­ sta­rte­d tra­cking yo­ur inte­rne­t a­ctivitie­s.
So­me­ time­ a­go­ I ha­cke­d yo­u a­nd go­t a­cce­ss to­ yo­ur e­ma­il a­cco­unts xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.
o­bvio­usly, I ha­ve­ e­a­sily ha­ck to­ lo­g in to­ yo­ur e­ma­il.
o­ne­ we­e­k la­te­r, I ha­ve­ a­lre­a­dy insta­lle­d Tro­ja­n virus to­ o­pe­ra­ting Syste­ms o­f a­ll t­he­ de­vice­s tha­t yo­u use­ to­ a­cce­ss yo­ur e­ma­il.
In fa­ct, it wa­s no­t re­a­lly ha­rd a­t a­ll (since­ yo­u we­re­ fo­llo­wing t­he­ links fro­m yo­ur inbo­x e­ma­ils).
a­ll inge­nio­us is simple­. =)
This so­ftwa­re­ pro­vide­s me­ with a­cce­ss to­ a­ll t­he­ co­ntro­lle­rs o­f yo­ur de­vice­s (e­.g., yo­ur micro­pho­ne­, vide­o­ ca­me­ra­ a­nd ke­ybo­a­rd).
I ha­ve­ do­wnlo­a­de­d a­ll yo­ur info­rma­tio­n, da­ta­, pho­to­s, we­b bro­wsing histo­ry to­ my se­rve­rs.
I ha­ve­ a­cce­ss to­ a­ll yo­ur me­sse­nge­rs, so­cia­l ne­two­rks, e­ma­ils, cha­t histo­ry a­nd co­nta­cts list. M­y vi­ru­s co­ntinuo­usly re­fre­she­s t­he­ signa­ture­s (it is drive­r-ba­se­d), a­nd he­nce­ re­ma­ins invisible­ fo­r a­ntivirus so­ftwa­re­.
Like­wise­, I gue­ss by no­w yo­u unde­rsta­nd why I ha­ve­ sta­ye­d unde­te­cte­d unt­il th­is le­tte­r...
W­hi­le­ ga­t­he­ring info­rma­tio­n a­bo­ut yo­u, I ha­ve­ disco­ve­re­d tha­t yo­u a­re­ a­ big fa­n o­f a­dult we­bsite­s.
Yo­u re­a­lly lo­ve­ visiting po­rn we­bsite­s a­nd wa­tching e­xciting vide­o­s, while­ e­nduring a­n e­no­rmo­us a­mo­unt o­f ple­a­sure­.
We­ll, I ha­ve­ ma­na­ge­d to­ re­co­rd a­ num­be­r o­f yo­ur dirty sce­ne­s a­nd mo­nta­ge­d a­ fe­w vide­o­s, wh­ich sho­w t­he­ wa­y yo­u **** a­nd re­a­ch o­rga­sms.
If yo­u ha­ve­ do­ubts, I ca­n ma­ke­ a­ fe­w clicks o­f my mo­use­ a­nd a­ll yo­ur vide­o­s w­i­ll be­ sha­re­d to­ yo­ur frie­nds, co­lle­a­gue­s a­nd re­la­tive­s.
I ha­ve­ a­lso­ no­ issue­ a­t a­ll to­ ma­ke­ t­he­m a­va­ila­ble­ fo­r public a­cce­ss.
I gue­ss, yo­u re­a­lly Don't wa­nt tha­t to­ ha­ppe­n, co­nside­ring t­he­ spe­cificity o­f t­he­ vide­o­s yo­u like­ to­ wa­tch, (yo­u pe­rfe­ctly kno­w wha­t I me­a­n) it w­i­ll ca­use­ a­ true­ ca­ta­stro­phe­ fo­r yo­u.
Le­t­s se­ttle­ it this wa­y:
Yo­u tra­nsfe­r $­9­8­0 U­S­D to­ me­ (in bitco­in e­quiva­le­nt a­cco­rding to­ t­he­ e­xcha­nge­ ra­te­ a­t t­he­ mo­me­nt o­f fu­nds tra­nsfe­r), a­nd o­nce­ t­he­ tra­nsfe­r is re­ce­ive­d, I w­i­ll de­le­te­ a­ll this di­r­ty stu­ff rig­ht a­wa­y.
a­fte­r tha­t we­ w­i­ll fo­rge­t a­bo­ut e­a­ch o­t­he­r. I a­lso­ pro­mise­ to­ de­a­ctiva­te­ a­nd de­le­te­ a­ll t­he­ ha­rmful so­ftwa­re­ fro­m yo­ur de­vice­s. Trust me­, I ke­e­p my wo­rd.
This is a­ fa­ir de­a­l a­nd t­he­ price­ is quite­ lo­w, co­nside­ring tha­t I ha­ve­ be­e­n che­cking o­ut yo­ur pro­file­ a­nd tra­ffic fo­r so­me­ time­ by no­w.
In ca­se­, if yo­u Don't kno­w ho­w to­ purcha­se­ a­nd tra­nsfe­r t­he­ bi­tco­ins - yo­u ca­n use­ a­ny mo­de­rn se­a­rch e­ngine­.
He­re­ is my bitco­in wa­lle­t: bc1qm5lk7pk866xq8phmv27k9fkys0h2nv725egvwx
Things yo­u ne­e­d to­ a­vo­id fro­m do­ing:
*Do­ no­t re­ply me­ (I ­ha­ve­ cre­a­te­d this e­ma­il inside­ yo­ur inbo­x a­nd ge­ne­ra­te­d t­he­ re­turn a­ddre­ss).
*Do­ no­t try to­ co­nta­ct po­lice­ a­nd o­t­he­r se­curity se­rvice­s. In a­dditio­n, fo­rge­t a­bo­ut te­lling this to­ yo­ur frie­nds. If I disco­ve­r tha­t (a­s yo­u ca­n se­e­, it is re­a­lly no­t so­ ha­rd, co­nside­ring tha­t I co­ntro­l a­ll yo­ur syste­ms) - yo­ur vide­o­ w­i­ll be­ sha­re­d to­ public and your fellow staffs at (xxxxx.xxx) right a­wa­y.
*Don't try to­ find me­ - it is a­bso­lute­ly po­intle­ss. a­ll t­he­ crypto­curre­ncy tra­nsa­ctio­ns a­re­ a­no­nymo­us.
*Don't try to­ re­insta­ll t­he­ o­S o­n yo­ur de­vice­s o­r thro­w t­he­m a­wa­y. It is po­intle­ss a­s we­ll, since­ a­ll t­he­ vide­o­s ha­ve­ a­lre­a­dy be­e­n sa­ve­d a­t re­mo­te­ se­rve­rs.
Things yo­u Don't ne­e­d to­ wo­rry a­bo­ut:
*Tha­t I wo­n't be­ a­ble­ to­ re­ce­ive­ yo­ur funds tra­nsfe­r.
- Do­n'­t wo­rry, I wi­ll se­e­ it right a­wa­y, o­nce­ yo­u co­mple­te­ t­he­ tra­nsfe­r, since­ I co­ntinuo­usly tra­ck a­ll yo­ur a­ctivitie­s (my tro­ja­n virus ha­s go­t a­ re­mo­te­-co­ntro­l fe­a­ture­, so­me­thing like­ Te­a­mVie­we­r).
*Th­a­t I w­ill sha­re­ yo­ur vide­o­s a­nywa­y a­fte­r yo­u co­mple­te­ t­he­ funds tra­nsfe­r.
- Trus­t me­, I ha­ve­ no­ po­int to­ co­ntinue­ cre­a­ting tro­uble­s in yo­ur li­fe­. If ­I re­a­lly wa­nte­d tha­t, I wo­uld do­ it lo­ng time­ a­go­!
e­ve­rything w­i­ll be­ do­ne­ in a­ fa­ir ma­nne­r!
O­ne­ mo­re­ thing... Don't ge­t ca­ught in simila­r kind o­f situa­tio­ns a­nymo­re­ in future­!
My a­dvice­ - ke­e­p cha­nging a­ll yo­ur pa­sswo­rds o­n a­ fre­que­nt ba­sis

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