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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: ALEX MORSE <amo297987@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 03:16:20 -0700
Subject: Re: Attention: REF: FDFTIB/BSL7/8560/2022/Fund Claim.


There is a $27.5 Million credit instruction from the Ecowas Debt management
office in your favor but This sum originated as NNPC/ECOWAS contract
payment and has lingered for a while due to wrong/fraudulent activities of
some corrupt bankers in some parts of Africa. Based on the Ugly report we
received regarding the delivery of your Atm Card, We hereby advise you to
suspend further dealings with any office or officer in respect of this Atm
Card delivery until the Investigation is completed.

Please adhere to this advice to enable us to serve you better. We also
advise you to forward to us your full information, such as your house
address where you want your new Atm Debit Card to be delivered, your
telephone number, a Copy of your Valid Id, occupation, and the name of your
next of kin. Through our intelligent monitoring report, we discovered that
some bank officials are behind the diversion of your Atm Card To Spain, and
the bank has blocked the Atm Card. Therefore, we need your maximum
cooperation in respect of this matter to enable us to serve you better.
Thanks
Mr. Alex Morse.
C/O Group Head of Audit.

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