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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: Jun Ko <ko8106699@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

Dobrý deň,

Poslal som vám dva e-maily a niekoľko dní ste mi neodpovedali, dokonca
som vám pred niekoľkými dňami poslal ďalší s ďalšími podrobnosťami, na
ktoré som stále nezodpovedal. 800 000,00 dolárov (osemstotisíc
amerických dolárov) v rámci banky Bsic? Je mi veľmi ľúto, ak ste tieto
e-maily úprimne nedostali, pošlem vám ich znova hneď, ako potvrdím, že
ste ich nikdy nedostali.

Pre vaše informácie láskavo získajte ďalšie podrobnosti o tom, ako
dostanete vízovú kartu od pani Sonie Mohammed, autorizovaného zástupcu
Bsic Bank.

Meno oprávneného zástupcu: pani Sonia Mohammed
E-mailová adresa: redacted@domain.name)
Adresa mesta: Lome Togo Republic.

Kontaktujte ju a poskytnite jej svoje informácie, ako je uvedené nižšie;

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Toto je banka schválená OSN, MMF, Svetovou bankou a ECOWAS a bez tejto
banky vám žiadny z týchto zástupcov tento fond nepodporí ani
neschváli.
Prosím, kontaktujte pani Soniu Mohammed pre ďalšie pokyny, ako bez
meškania prijať vašu kartu z bankomatu v hodnote 800 000,00 $
(osemstotisíc amerických dolárov).

s pozdravom
pani Kristalina Georgieva

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