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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: "JM Associate" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jm_associate@citromail.hu>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:59:48 -0800
Subject: The Fund Recovery Committee

Good day Sir/Ma,

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it should
be treated as such. I am James Morris, a lawyer and solicitor at law.
I have a business proposal that will be of great beneficial to us.
This is not like a regular emails you receive because before we agreed
to go into this business, we will have to establish a video call or
personal visit as i couldn't want to risk opportunity.

If you are very interested, contact me through my secured email
address: jm_associate@citromail.hu  so I can appraise you with further

Best regards,

James Morris.
JM Associate.
Email: jm_associate@citromail.hu


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