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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: Greg Martins <leslieaguguawiretransfer@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gregmartins@firemail.de
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 02:29:39 +0100
Subject: RE;03/06/2023

ATTN; THE BENEFICIARY

I AM GREG MARTINS, A COMPUTER ANALYST WITH THE WORLD BANK.I AM 30 YEARS
OLD,AND JUST STARTED WORK THE WORLD BANK. I CAME ACROSS YOUR FILE WHICH IS
MARKED X AND YOUR RELEASE DISC PAINTED RED, I TOOK TIME TO STUDY IT AND
FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE PAID VIRTUALLY ALL FEES AND CERTIFICATES BUT THE
FUNDS HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED TO YOU.I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WHAT YOU
WENT THROUGH IN RESPECT OF YOUR FUNDS BY SOME UNSCRUPULOUS OFFICIALS IN
AFRICA AND OVERSEAS MADE ME TO CONTACT YOU.


THE MOST ANNOYING THING IS THAT THEY CAN NOT TELL YOU THE TRUTH.THAT ON NO
ACCOUNT WILL THEY EVER RELEASE THIS FUNDS TO YOU INSTEAD THEY LET YOU SPEND
MONEY UNNECESSARILY. I DO NOT INTEND TO WORK HERE ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,
I CAN RELEASE THIS FUND TO YOU IF YOU CAN SATISFY ME OF MY SECURITY AND HOW
I CAN RUN AWAY FROM AMERICA IF I DO THIS BECAUSE IF I DON'T,MY LIFE WILL BE
AT DANGER.

PLEASE THIS IS LIKE A MAFIA SETTING HERE.YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE
YOU ARE NOT HERE . THE ONLY THING I WILL NEED TO RELEASE THIS FUND IS A
SPECIAL HARD DISC, WE CALL IT HB2. YOU WILL BUY TWO OF IT AND SEND TO ME
TO ENABLE ME RECOPY YOUR INFORMATION, DESTROY THE PREVIOUS ONE AND PUNCH
THE COMPUTER TO REFLECT IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITHIN 24 BANKING HOURS.I WILL
CLEAN UP THE TRACER AND DESTROY YOUR FILE.AFTER WHICH I WILL RUN AWAY FROM
HERE TO MEET WITH YOU.IF YOU ARE INTERESTED,DO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME
IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MY EMAIL BOX. I WILL LIKE YOU TO RECONFIRM YOUR
PARTICULARS AND BANKING INFORMATION SO THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY MISTAKES IN
THE TRANSFER.

I WILL DO IT DIRECTLY TO YOUR ACCOUNT PROVIDED YOU SEND ME THE DISC AND
KEEP EVERYTHING SECRET. AWAITING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WITH YOUR WHATSAPP
NUMBER TOO.

BEST REGARDS,
GREG MARTINS

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