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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: "Ernest N. Powell" <ernstpowell11@web.de>
Reply-To: ernetnpowell@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:25:55 -0400
Subject: (FFETF).

Confidential email from Us FFETF.

Attention Beneficiary,

From US Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, (FFETF) . (http://www.stopfraud.gov/about.html) read more about us.

President Obama established the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force in November 2009 to hold accountable those who helped bring about the last financial  crisis as well as those who would attempt to take advantage of the efforts at economic recovery, especially fraud, because it is building bad Reputation among our young youth. read more about us: http://www.stopfraud.gov/about.html. Because of our excellent achievement in 2010, President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has given us authority to audit the bank industry and stop recent fraud activities.

Along the line, during carrying out our duties with the banks, we have regularly discovers several funds belonging to different people, In such occasions, we don’t hesitate in informing the beneficiary. We are also in agreement with the World Bank to release the payment of such beneficiary. World Bank have the power to claim their funds back from the Possess bank or withdraw their license. 2010 we was able to recover $4.2 Billion for Obama government which is helping him in rebuilding the economic crisis, and also promoted our job in 2011. On our recent search, we have discovered huge sum of funds in Million, US currency 100 Dollar Denomination,

belonging to your name, Sorry the banks forbid us from reviling the original amount until we confirm that you are the rightful beneficiary. This funds mighty result from inheritance or contract funds belonging to your name and has your contact address on it. Your quick respond will be required on this issue and please provide to us all the information's you have which proofs that we are in right contact with the original beneficiary of this email address.

This email was sent to you from the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force

Yours in service

Attoney Ernest N. Powell
The Victims’ Rights Committee Member
Office email:uusffetf@gmail.com
Private email: ernstnpowell@gmail.com
Contact me by email for save communication

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