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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: Mikky Yanke Bumazeke <jamesrwilliams580@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mikkyyanke@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 04:56:13 -0700
Subject: Attention

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Good Day Dear.
I'm Mr Mikky Bumazeke, from Easy exit logistics delivery company in
Washington DC United States, we wish to inform you that the national
vaccine injury compensation program, (N.V.I.C.P )

therefore deposited sum of $32.5 Millions dollars, thirty two millions
five hundred thousand dollars,

as a compensation funds from INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF)
financial office. you are to choose your preferable method of
receiving your funds. and
here are the list of the method of receiving your funds?

No (1) Bank to Bank transfer
No (2) to deliver it as a parcel box
No (3) through Bitcoin. crypto currency

get back to us with this mail, mikkyyanke@gmail.com

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