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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: Compensation <andrewpocockccdp@gmail.com>
Reply-To: danielkomi445@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:33:20 +0000
Subject: REV. FATHER DANIEL IS WAITING FOR YOUR LETTER GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM.

Attention recipient,

The British High Commission in Benin Republic, Ghana, Burkina Faso,
Cote d'Ivoire, Great Britain, and Nigeria has received a report of
fraud against you and other British, US, European, Malaysian and
Japanese citizens etc. The government of these five West African
countries whose citizens were involved in these fraudulent activities
has set up a committee to compensate all victims of the fraud due to
pressure from the UN and the international community. Your name and
the names of other victims of fraud have been sent to this committee
for compensation. All affected victims have been issued compensation
via ATM card.

However, your ATM CARD was among those reported as unclaimed and we
would like to advise you to follow the instructions of the committee
below to ensure that you get your ATM CARD immediately for your own
use.

The ATM Card was issued based on the email address/name claimed to
have been defraud/scammed in the past and have been confirmed by the
Governments/Committee. Any victim who have not confirm his/her own ATM
CARD is assumed to have died and his/her next of kin does not have
access to his/her information that is why they were unaware about the
ongoing compensation. The total amount of fund credited in this ATM
CARD is $500.00 USD.

We recommend that you do whatever is necessary to ensure that you
receive your ATM CARD without further delay. You are sure of the
safety and availability of your ATM CARD. Please note that you should
cease further contact/communication with all fake lawyers and security
companies who have defrauded you in past.

Contact Reverend Father Daniel Komi with the information below,

NAME: REVEREND FATHER DANIEL KOMI.
EMAIL ADDRESS: (danielkomi55@proton.me)
Direct cell: +22892045979

Please call him now and ask him for your ATM CARD. He will hand you
your sealed ATM CARD. Include your full information as it is below to
enable him to reconcile his file.

1) Your full name...............
2) Country ............
3) Home/office address:...
4) Profession ..............
5) Age: ......
6) sex......
7) Direct telephone ......

Sincerely

Robert Dewar
Chairman

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