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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: "Rev. Alexander Peterson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alexanderpeterson4477@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 20:30:28 -0800
Subject: TRUTH ABOUT YOUR FUNDS

Good Day,
 
I am Mrs Abigail Woodward, a US citizen, i'm 42 years old. I
 
am one of those people that took part in receiving Inheritance
 
funds and Lottery funds from European banks even from many
 
lottery organizers few years ago and they refused to pay me, I
 
had paid different fees while in the United States trying to
 
get my funds from those banks and lottery organizers but all
 
to no avail. So I decided to travel to West Africa with all my
 
compensation documents, and I was directed by the IMF Director
 
to contact one Rev Alexander Peterson who is the head
 
department officer of the Compensation Award Office, Rev. Alexander Peterson is an American citizen and a member of the
 
UNITED NATIONS & IMF COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE currently
 
working with IMF and I contacted him and he explained
 
everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through
 
emails are fake. Rev. Alexander Peterson personally directed me on
 
how to claim my Inheritance or Lottery payment.
 
 
Right now I have received my compensation funds of
 
$2,800,000.00 Moreover, Rev. Alexander Peterson is a very
 
religious man with the fear of God. He showed me the full
 
information of those that are yet to receive their Inheritance
 
or Lottery payment and I saw your name as one of the
 
beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided
 
to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not
 
with your fund, they are only making money out of you.
 
I will personally advise you to contact Rev. Alexander
 
Peterson with your FULL NAME, FULL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER,
 
OCCUPATION, AGE, SEX, he will assist you once  he get the
 
listed information you are to provide.
 
Compensation Award Office.
 
Name: Rev. Alexander Peterson
Email Address: alexanderpeterson4477@gmail.com
 
You really have to stop dealing with those people that are
 
contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it
 
is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of
 
you and they will dry you up until you have nothing. NOTE: The
 
only money I paid after I met Rev. Alexander Peterson was just
 
$789 USD for the Endorsement and clearance fee, take note of
 
that.
 
Thank You and Be Blessed.
 
Mrs Abigail Woodward,
13, Fairview Avenue, Somerville, New Jersey 08876, united
states.

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