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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: "debit-fdic@1-877-askfdic.org" <debifdic@1-877-askfdic.org>
Reply-To: debit-fdic@1-877-askfdic.org
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:03:58 -0400
Subject: Your 40% benefit payment



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PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY

Dear FDIC customer,

During our regularly scheduled account holder and verification
procedures,
we have detected a slight error in your account information. This might
be
due to either of the following reasons: has been deemed eligible to
receive
a 40% benefit $13.5 million

due to Your FDIC Billing Information records are out of date Case
No.PP-042-818-072, pending in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of California in San Jose. As all necessary
arrangement
has been in place only waiting for your transaction documents which will
decide your place as the Original Owner/ Legal beneficiary of this fund
$13.5 million usd.

As all the needed transaction restore your account to enable me process
will these document procurements and send them through a Courier Company
known as UPS Courier Service, for your signature to appear in your
contract
file and transaction documents so that your 40% benefit Funds can be
release to you. I will study all the copies of documents carefully and
for
your endorsement.

You will have to procure this important documents as all the departments
involve have been waiting for your document procurement as I stated in
my
second to my last mail.kindly go back to that mail and get back to me
with
this important information for your funds documentation before I can
move
any forward in regards to your 40% benefit payment as you have your
faith
in this transaction in your hand.

I just called your mobile line immediately I saw your mail without
success
as it entered voice mail, I have been worried and wanted to hear from
you.
As I will procure this documents in less on 24HOURS , Choosing to ignore
this message will result in to a temporary suspension of your account
within 24 hours, until you will choose to solve this unpleasant
situation.

We apologies for any inconvenience this may caused you and we strongly
advise you to update your information you have on file with us.Please
understand that this is a security measure intended to help and protect
you
and your account.

Sincerely,
Thomas M. Hoenig
FDIC Board Account Review Department
Case ID Number: PP-842-813-072

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