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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. Jeff Bezos" <fg713119@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjeffbezos49@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 05:24:48 -0700
Subject: from Amazon Corporate Office Headquarters HQ 1200 12th Avenue South,

I'm Mr. Jeffrey Preston Bezos, the President and CEO of Amazon.

This is to inform you about your winning from Amazon in a Consignment

Box worth amount of ( $7.5 Million United States Dollars)

which was legitimately authorized and mandated free on Crime

and Anti-Drug Trafficking by the United Nations Office on Drugs and

Crime(UODC); you don't have to be worried.

Every necessary document has been obtained to enable a successful

delivery without any further delay.

We will monitor your delivery by ourselves to avoid any repetition of

some hopeless situation created by our previous paying Bank.


Confirm to me your below needed information here on my

email(mrjeffbezos49@gmail.com)



Full Name.........................

Country........................

Home address:...........................

Profession/occupation...........................

Your age .......................

Cell phone number:..........................

City:.....................

Valid Email Address.........................

Nearest airport.......................

Office in charge of your won $7,500,000.00 usd payment notification

from Amazon Corporate Office Headquarters HQ 1200 12th Avenue South,

Suite 1200 Seattle, WA 98144 USA.

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