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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: "Charles W. Scharf" <maigidanaanma@gmail.com>
Reply-To: clarakassellvjl20@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 09:30:15 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION

This is to inform you officially that after our investigations with
the U.S Department OF state and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and
other Security Agencies in the state for this year being 2023, we
discovered that you have not receive your fund. I have made it my
Second first point of call since taking office to settle all
Outstanding Payments accrued to Individuals or Corporations with
respect to local and overseas contract payment, Debt Rescheduling and
Outstanding Compensation payment, this is to make sure all Outstanding
payments are settled this year 2023. On Behalf of the entire staff of
the US Department of State and the United Nations in collaboration
with World Bank, we apologize for the delay of your contract payment,
Winning or Inheritance funds from most of Europe Countries and all
the inconveniences you encountered while pursuing this payment,
However from the records of outstanding beneficiaries due for payment
with the US Secretary of State, your name was discovered as next on
the list of the outstanding payment who has not yet received their
payments. Note that from the record in my file, your outstanding
contract payment is $ 6, 500,000.00 six million five HundredThousand
Dollars.

i need your informations to get this done, such as:

1 YOUR FULL NAME ........
2 YOUR ADDRESS .............
3 YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ...........
4 I'D COPY Or PICTURE OF YOURSELF .........


Yours Sincerely,
Dr Charles W. Scharf

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