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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: john badmus <jubirkabbar@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnbadmus2022@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:17:19 -0700
Subject: Let claim it Together

Sir/Ma


I am Mr Johnson Badmus Data Protection Manager in charge of
Operations and logistics with Oceanic bank of Nigeria. My contacting
you is for your assistance in claiming of (sixty-five million US
Dollars) in one of the account here in my department in Nigeria.

This Fund was discovered when carrying out Auditing of Books of
Account here in my department. However, If you can permit me I will
use your information’s as the beneficiary of the fund. And arrange all
the legal documents to transfer the Fund to your account as the
beneficiary, and both of us will share the Fund.

If you are interested please respond back to me , I await your reply
to enable me send you more details

Yours Sincerely,

Mr Johnson Badmus

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