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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: INFO CONTACT <agbozonlijonas@gmail.com>
Reply-To: obishehjohn993@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:44:27 +0100
Subject: Treat as urgent

Please are you dead or still alive Two people came to my office
today claiming to be your representatives there names are Mr. Efendy
Violin and Ms.Ola Combings claiming that you die with corona virous
incidents that hit the world for the past months and your funds
what of USD 10.5million should be paid to her as the next of kin to
you. we decided to contact you for confirmation. If after two(2)
working days, no response is received from you, it will be assumed
that you are dead and as such, authorization and approval will be
granted on behalf of to claim/receive your fund.

Because of the elaborate global scam, we decided to contact you for
confirmation. If after two(2) working days, no response is received
from you, it will be assumed that you are dead and as such,
authorization and approval will be granted on behalf of your next of
kin we have approved your payment of( 10.5m us dollars ) instruction
by the Federal Ministry of Finance, with incorporate of united
nation,

Reconfirm the following Information to me if you are still willing to
receive your funds:

COPY OF ID OR PASSPORT ATTACHMENT:...............:.....................
YOUR HOME CONTACT ADDRESS:...........:.....................
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:............:.....................
WHATSAPP NUMBER................:.....................
FAX NUMBER:.....................:.....................
OCCUPATION:......................:.....................
MARITAL STATUS:.....................:.....................
AGE:.............................:.....................
NEXT OF KIN................................................
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.................:.....................
Regards

John Obisheh

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