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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. Douglas S. Beidler" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cgh4u007@naver.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:24:48 -0000
Subject: Re: Attention Dear Friend ....

Attention Dear Friend,
 
Good Day to you and how are you doing today hope fine? For your notice the government of USA has decided to compensate every scam victim each with a large sum of 3 million dollars. Your names and email was listed among scams victims and duly approved for this payment.
Based on these faithful recommendations, note that during the last U.N meetings held IN AFRICA, UK London and Finally USA, it was alarmed by the world on the loss of funds by various individuals to those scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, most especially African. In order to compensate scams victims, the Africans Bodies in conjunction with the U.S Government now pay a total 3 million United State Dollars each in accordance with the USA recommendations.
Due to corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems, your payments are supervised by the United Nations Officials, CORIS bank and Finance International Bank as the corresponding paying office. For claiming your compensation of 3 millions USD, kindly feel free to contact our approved private payment officer Name: Madam Mrs. Christain Garcia Email: (cgh4u007@naver.com) He will instruct what you will do in order to successfully receive your compensation amount immediately without paying any charges.
Contact the assigned private payment officer as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your 3 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS compensation funds via online banking or through atm card.
 
She is waiting for your attention and will instruct you on how your funds will be transferred to you.
Please kindly send your informations  along such as your
Your Full Names............................
Your Address.............................
Your Phone Number................................
Your Occupation.................................
Your  Id card..................................
Sincerely Yours
Mr. Douglas S. Beidler
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Assistant Director, Security Division
+1(915) 213-3479
Contact My Private email address here (pmarkharrison@gmail.com) should you have any questions.

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