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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: "CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. THANKS" <fharunamuhammad01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: compensationdei@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 16:33:17 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. THANKS

Greetings!

Hello, how are you? I am writing this message due to your overdue
payment, and you have not receive a cent all this while. We found out
that you have spent a lot of money. We also noticed that you find it
difficult to receive your fund after all the money you have spent.
This is the reason why we are here to make things different for you,
so that you can receive your money without any difficulty and also you
will not continue to spend money unnecessary. I am giving you the
maximum assurance that you will not regret working with us as soon as
you adhere to the instructions I will give to you. If you don’t
receive your money in your bank account this time around, whenever you
hear about my name don’t believe or answer me. I am not here to preach
to you what I cannot do, I am here to help you because you have gone
through a lot in the hands of imposters.

This is the reason why you have to forget about the past and focus on
the present issues at hand now. Now, we are working with our
corresponding bank in Portugal, so that they will credit you your
$18million without any delay, we have giving the bank the mandate for
them to make sure that you receive your said fund without any problem
or issues. This is the bank name in Portugal Banco L.J. Carregosa, SA,
you can see we are not here for jokes, that we are serious about our
business. I will await your urgent response as soon as you get this
message. This is so, because I will give you the details of the bank
and the account officer in charge, as soon as you get back to me. With
that, you can communicate with them to know the exact time and hour
they will credit the money into your account. Thanks for your
understanding. Congratulation in advance.

I look forward to hear from you.

Best Regards

Thanks

Mr. EDWARDS ROBERTS

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