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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: "IC3" <info@sender.com>
Reply-To: james_morrissey01@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2017 16:21:06 +0200
Subject: Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division

Compensation Settlement Committee
Intl Compensation Council of Justice (ICCJ)
REF:-XVGNN82010

Good day,

I write as directed by the verification department of the International Compensation Council of Justice to contact you to confirm from a very sensitive issue which occurred yesterday, 29th August 2017.

A power of attorney was submitted by 2 men to our office. One of them is an American national and he is Mr Steven Ariande by name while the other person is Mr Liman Shawn,a CANADIAN.They claim to be your proxies and are representing your interests and the power of attorney clearly states that you died 2 months ago as a result of Colon Cancer.Their purpose of visit was to replace your information with theirs for the purpose of claim of your deposit funds of $10.5 million.Your account has remained dormant and inactive been settlements for old contractors.

Find Below the new banking information were the 2 men wish to have your payment redirected to:-

Bank of America
6901 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132
ABA: 027139471 (International)
ACCT. #:003091653546
ACCT: Name: FMS Investments Inc.
Signatory: Floyd M. Shealy

They agreed to pay the required swift transfer fee of $670 US Dollars required for the activation of online access fee and issuance of USD ATM Card, but we have not received the money from them yet as we want to find out if truly you are dead or not. If you are still alive, you are advised in your own best interest to reply back so we can stop further communication and set up their arrest immediately.

Information Required for ATM/POS/Online Access Delivery.

Your Full Name:…………………….
Your Mailing Address:…………….
Your Telephone Number:…………………
Your City:…………………………………..
Your State:…………………………………..
Your Country:…………………………………..

This occurrence is strange as it is coming up just as our department planned to settle outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries around the world in which your payment file was included. We need to confirm if truly you are dead and If we do not hear from you ,we will automatically follow the instructions on the power of attorney however,We don't want to make payment to a wrong person/account.

Kindly respond swiftly to our email (james_morrissey01@hotmail.com) with your full names and direct number for swift reply.

Regards,

Mr James E. Morrissey

Director of Approval

International Compensation Council of Justice


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