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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: Coca-Cola <adamuabdulkarimmmr@gmail.com>
Reply-To: micheal_chrisa1@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:23:56 -0700
Subject: Urgent Notice

This is to inform you that a Lottery Winning payment in the amount of
US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve million United State Dollars) was legally
approved and deposited with this Bank, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). The
lottery won by your e-mail address via online active e-mail addreass
selected from sponsor of Coca Cola Company award. It was registered
with your email address by the Lottery Board Executive Directors Of
Coca-Cola Company Canada Branch, and they instructed this Bank to
credit this Winning directly to your private bank account with
immediate effect.I want you to Contact agent Michael Anthony right now
with this email address for more
information:micheal_chrisa1@hotmail.com

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