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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: mercy francis <mercyfrancis384@gmail.com>
Reply-To: michaelmartingomez379@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 02:25:50 +0100
Subject: HELLO DEAR,YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED.

Hello Dear Beneficiary Fund

Good Day to you and how are you doing today hope fine? For your notice
the new government of UK London has decided to compensate every scam
victim each with a large sum of 3 million British pounds. Your name
was listed among scams victims and duly approved for this payment.

Based on these faithful recommendations, note that during the last U.N
meetings held IN AFRICA and UK London, it was alarmed by the world on
the loss of funds by various individuals to those scams artists
operating in syndicates all over the world today, most especially
African. In order to compensate scams victims, the Africans Bodies in
conjunction with the U.K Government now pay a total 3 million British
pounds each in accordance with the UK recommendations.

Due to corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems, your payments are
supervised by the United Nations Officials, CORIS bank and Finance
International Bank as the corresponding paying office. For claiming
your compensation of 3 million British pounds, kindly feel free to
contact our approved payment officer, in SOUTH AFRICA, Name: Mrs. SOLA
DAVID BORHA Email: (soladavidborha29@gmail.com) She will instructed
you what to do,in order to successfully receive your compensation
amount immediately.

Contact her as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your 3
MILLION BRITISH POUNDS compensation funds via online banking or
through atm card.

She is waiting for your attention and will instruct you on how your
funds will be transferred to you.

Sincerely Yours
Mr. Michael Martin.
Contact me back in case, should you have any questions.

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