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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 Timo Paltomaa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tpaltomaa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2023 08:09:05 -0800
Subject: CRYTOCURRENCY RECOVERY COMPENSATION


Hello Sir, 
I'm Timo Paltomaa, the Assistant director of Cyber Crime Cryptocurrency Fraud And Recovery Department of the IMF
and we have been charged to investigate and recover funds lost by US and North American citizens to fraudsters through
fraudulent cryptocurrency trading. 
So I'm using this opportunity to inform you that  we came across your case and after a


thorough investigation, we were able to recover your lost  crypto funds plus the accumulated interest which has summed up to $4,500,000 at this point in time. This funds are very much ready to be paid back to you immediately upon completing the

necessary preliminary paperwork. So be advised to quickly get back to me upon receiving this email so that we can quickly
start the payment process. Waiting to hear from you. Thanks. 
Sincerely Timo Paltomaa

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