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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: "Mr.ROBERT MITCHLL" <johnbillfbi456@gmail.com>
Reply-To: atmcard717@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 05:14:37 -0700
Subject: GREETINGS,

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GREETINGS,
this is Sunil Garg
CEO, Citibank N.A.
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Citi
Scarsdale, New York, United States.
we are to Notify you about the latest development concerning your
payment that are left in our custody, besides,you are given a bill of
Sum in order to receive your payment $10,000,000, usd which
we didn't hear from you for sometime now. Hence,we are now offering a
Special BONUS to help all our customers that are having their payment
in our custody due to of high prices. In other words we are now
requesting that you should pay only the sum of $100.00 to receive your
funds payment abandoned in our custody by online transfer or atm card
if you wish so.

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