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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: UPS <j28479568@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitedparcelserviceu720@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 13:48:25 -0800
Subject: Congratulations

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This is Reverend father John Clifford from Catholic charities of
Eastern Virginia USA 5361 Virginia Beach Blvd

A, Virginia Beach, VA 23462, United States
This fund is from our ministry at catholic charities we help
people, regardless of their faith, who are

struggling with poverty and any complex issue and with the support of
our member agencies in our network we donate

the sum of $6.4 billion dollar this year and we are giving each person
the sum of $4.2 million dollars which your

among the lucky one
Mean while please kindly contact (Ups)
unitedparcelserviceu720@gmail.com with your information where you will

like to receive your fund such as,
1Your Full Name;.............2Your Age;............3Your Home
Address;.............4Your Nearest

Airports;.............5 Your Email Address

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