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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: Exxon Mobil Foundation <doina.iacomi@upit.ro>
Reply-To: sfcaffair@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 21:49:43 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Good day

Good day,

Exxon Mobil Corporation in collaboration with the British parliament hereby inform you of your selection in the Financial Empowerment Program(F.E.P) audited by IMF in accordance with the "Act of decree 675 of the National Act as adopted in 1996 and amended on July 13, 2011 by Parliament"To Eradicate Poverty and Boost Global Economy Worldwide. Your e-mail address was randomly selected through Intelligent Monitoring Unit(I.M.U) and New ExxonMobil Java.

In this regards, Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds (£2,500,000 GBP) has been donated to you by Exxon Mobil Foundation with Payment reference number (EM/NYS/019/UK).

Kindly contact the British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs{Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP} with your bio data as stated to process your donated funds to you.(1)Full names: (2)Address: (3)Country: (4)Nationality: (5)Phone #: (6)Age:(7)Occupation: (8)Reference number: (9)A scan copy of your ID or any mode of identification.
..............................................................
Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP{Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs(FCO)
Email: sfcaffair@hotmail.com : sfcaffairs@secretary.net
Tel: (+44) 701 113 7020
..............................................................
NB: Ensure to spread the funds to the people around you,as you know that the aim of the FEP is to eradicate poverty worldwide; and do Keep your FEP information confidential until your donated funds is finally transferred to you to avoid incessant mix up, double entrance transfer and unwarranted abuse of this FEP program.

Kind Regards,
MR. DARREN W. WOODS.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION.
CC: COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIR.
CC: ONLINE COORDINATOR.

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