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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: NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE <bank@sipower.ru>
Reply-To: <tim0000cooper@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 08:25:10 -0700
Subject: DISBURSEMENT OF CHARITY FUNDS!!!

Greetings.

My name is Attorney Jeffrey Carney , I am lawyer from one of the European Union countries.

I offer my friendship and trust that you will receive me with kind heart for I've seen your profile online, i am contacting you to see how best we can assist you financially, I am glad to contact you , I believe my message will reach you now.

I have a client who is a retired basketball celebrity from Greece,..my client is old and had been admitted in hospital for almost six months, doctor says he has just few days or more to live. My client has about €2Million which he wants to distribute as charitys to the less privilege people. As his legal adviser, I am mandated by his bank to recommend charity organization's or whoever is ready to take the responsibilty in doing the charity work that will receive this monetary gift.

We are ready to commence the disbursement straight away.

Warm regards,

Attorney Jeffrey Carney

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