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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: 1 <dora.honey929@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mackmaryt415@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 17:00:11 +0100
Subject: ATTENSION NEEDED

Greetings from the Wells Fargo Bank.
I have a vital information which needs to be attended immediately, Did
you authorized anyone to pick up your inheritance fund from our branch
in Cleveland Caldwell Idaho? A man called Mr Andrew Cox came to our
office yesterday inrespect of your $18.4 million USD which has been
credited with us for the past 2 years now by the Federal Government to
be transferred into your nominate bank account. He said that you
authorized him to pick up the fund.

This fund has been in our custody for the past two years now and we
have been waiting for you to contact us but we didn't know what is
hindering you from reaching us since. So we decided to write to you to
make sure that you are fine and aware of your inheritance funds of
$18.4Million USD in our branch office in Caldwell Idaho.

We want you to get back to us with the following
details:Email:(mackmaryt415@gmail.com)

Full Name:__________
Home address:_____
Age:________________
Occupation:_________
Phone number:______
Nearest airport:______

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