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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 james brown <mrjohnw10@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjamesbrown96@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 01:06:24 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,
I am Mr.Charles Ben and I am very happy to inform
you about my
success in getting that fund transferred. Now I
want you to
contact my
secretary on his email address below and receive your
compensation of
$5,000,000.00
us dollars from him:

NAME: Mr James Brown
EMAIL:Mr.jamesbrown96@gmail.com
Kindly reconfirm to him the following below information:
Your full name______
Your address_______
Your country_________
Your age_______________
Your occupation_______
Your Phone number_______

Note that if you did not send him the above information
complete, he
will not release the fund to you because he has
to be sure
that it ist it is you.

Ask him to send you the total sum of ($5,000,000.00
)Through Bank
Issue ATM CARD
which I kept for you. Note also that I will not
be reached
by email or
phone for now because I am currently away in Japan for
investment
purpose with my share and I will be busy till about six
months time or a year.

Best regards,
Mr James Brown

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