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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: Ben Morris <ben489213@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 06:30:24 -0800
Subject: Re: Immediate release of your cash payment,

Dear Sir,

Greetings, I am sir Jimmy Harra HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) -
FirstPermanent Secretary and Chief Executive HM Revenue & Customs
United Kingdom, can you be trusted?, I got your details through
business directory, made my confirmation about you and decided to
write you, I have discovered over inflated Tax paid by a contractor
amounting £250 Million pounds, hidden in an escrow account belonging
to my organization in one of the largest banks in the UK, as HM
director General, I can authorize the transfer of these funds to your
bank account through your bank within fourteen (14) working days.


If you show your interest and your capable of receiving this fund, I
will give you a contact person who I have appointed to handle all the
process of the transaction because of my position in UK government, I
will not come out fully on this to avoid scandal, you are very free to
make confirmations with him to know each order. For your
co-operation and providing company account to receive the fund, you
will be entitled to (30%) of the total sum involved, (15%) goes to
the bank officials that will facilitate the transfer, while,( 10%) is
mapped out for any expenses during the process of the transfer to any
account you choose, (45%) should be transferred to an account I
would provide for you later on, To avoid any delays in the transfer of
these funds, the bank is delegating an immediate transfer of these
funds to your designated bank account by wire transfer. if you are
interested, please Email me your full information details to my
private email address. (jimmyhara484@gmail.com) You will be contacted
immediately

I await your prompt reply.

Mr Jimmy

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