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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: Many Most <monieeey14@gmail.com>
Reply-To: moynihanbrianth133@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:07:26 +0100
Subject: HELLO

COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER


This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of
the Organization of American Unity (OAU), the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have been able to track down so many of this
scam artist in various parts of African countries and Europe, which
includes (Nigeria, United Kingdom, Spain, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal)
and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at
International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for
Criminal/Fraud Justice.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover
so much money from these scam artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime
Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have ordered that
the money recovered from the Scammers should be shared among 100 Luck
people around the World for compensation. This Email/Letter is been
directed to you because your email address was found in one of the
scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation
was going on which indicate you may have been scammed.

You are therefore being compensated with the sum of $20,000,000.00

(USD) (Twenty Million United State of America Dollars). We have
arranged your payment to be paid to you directly to your country.
Therefore you are advised to contact the
(JPMorgan Chase Bank private Bank Agent) who will help you work out
the fund to be sent to you from Chase Bank. We have advised the Bank
Agent to open a private email address with a new number as to enable
us to monitor this payment and the communications to avoid further
delay or misdirection of your fund.

Kindly contact the JPMorgan Chase Bank private Bank Agent now with the
below contact detail:


Details needed from you:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Cell/Mobile Number:

Yours in Service.
MR. WILSON STEWART.

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