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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: "Mrs. Joanne Patirck" <developer@b4uworld.com>
Reply-To: shannonmark@aliyun.com
Date: 08 Dec 2022 20:41:24 -0800
Subject: !RedDwarf-SPAM! YOUR UNCLAIMED FUND.


Attn: My Dear,

I am Mrs. Joanne Patirck., I am an Australian citizen, 47 years
Old. I reside here in the Australia. I am one of those that took
part in the Compensation in West Africa many years ago and they
refused to pay me, I had paid over $70,000 while in the US,
trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel to WASHINGTON D.C with all my compensation
documents, And I was directed by the ( F B I) Director to contact
Mr. Alexander Michael who works with the Corporate Finance House,
where all unclaimed funds from the west african region has been
deposited for safe keeping..

Right now I am the most happiest because I have received my
compensation funds of $10 Million US Dollars Moreover, Mr.
Alexander
Michael, showed me the full information of those that are yet to
receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the
beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to
email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with
your fund,
they are only trying to make money out of you, your fund is no
longer in Africa or Europe.

I will advise you to contact Mr. Shannon Mark.


You have to contact him directly on this information below.
Name : Mr. Shannon Mark
Email : shannonmark@aliyun.com

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are
contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is
not in anyway
with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will
dry you up until you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I met Mr. Shannon Mark was just $375
for the paper works and necessary documents, take note of that.

I will advise you to contact Mr. Shannon Mark so that he can help
you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that
will
be turning you around asking for different kind of money to
complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.


Mrs. Joanne Patirck





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