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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: Financial Services Regulation Committee <diplomatdavidchacha1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Financial Services Regulation Committee <williamscord12@live.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 04:00:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: We need your response


Dear Award Fund Owner 


I write to know why we have not heard from you regarding your
Compensation Award Notification payment of €950,000.00 EURO. Please let
us know if you receive this email in an error. 

Note that your Compensation payment of €950,000.00 EURO has being approved
and waiting for confirmation to receive your payment from the below
stated account where all the compensation fund was paid into by the
United State Government & I.M.F for security reasons in Trinidad
& Tobago.

CREDIT SUISSE, CH-8038 ICH,SW-TT
ACCOUNT NO: 0872-456011-91
IBAN: CH55 0487 2045 6011 9100 0
SWIFT CODE: CRESCHZZ8OT

Note once more that all payment will be made out from the CHASE BANK OF AMERICA under the Compensation Award Fund Notification.

Kindly get in touch with me today via email or phone for further details to avoid error payment to a wrong person
to enable us proceed with the transfer of the €950,000.00 EURO to your
current bank account in your country as scheduled.

Best Regards,
Williams Cord
Director, Anti-Fraud Unit 
Financial Services Regulation Committee
NEW JERSEY, USA

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