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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: Door Munachem <doormunachem@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2022 01:16:41 -0800
Subject: Good day,

Good day,

My name is Munachem Esq, I am a senior financial advisor in the
U.S/Canada.Small Business Administration Award Program.The amount of
USD2,500,000.00 was paid to you by the U.S/Canadian.Small Business
Administration Award
Program.This compensation is intended to help reduce poverty in your
country due to (COVID-19 DISASTER).

Today a power of attorney was forwarded to our office by two
gentlemen, one of whom is an American national name MR.Gord Guttman by
name, while theother person is MR.Axel Pasternak,a Canadian
citizen.These gentlemen claimed to be your representative, and their
power of attorney said you aredead due to Coronavirus disease.

They have set up an account to replace your information to claim your
$2,500,000.00 below is the new account they submitted:

BANK NAME: CHASE BANK
BANKING ADDRESS: 195 AVENUE OF THE AMERICA NEW YORK CITY, NY
10036ACCOUNT number: 0056000639
SWIFT CODE: 026002561

In all honesty, we are convinced of this issue because we sent you
multipleemails but no response and no call response, so we are
starting to believe
that you are dead.

Make a note of this email and confirm: If we do not read from you, we
haveno choice but to forward the payment to the two gentlemen who
claim to beyour lawyer and your next of kin.They are ready and willing
to work withany requirement required of them to deposit funds into
their Chase bankaccount instantly.That's why we suspected them, and
since none of them have your last name.Your prompt response is
urgently needed.

Thank You.
Door Munachem,

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