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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: "FBI DIRECTOR" <info@lee.com>
Reply-To: <derickfoster@uymail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 17:13:36 +0100
Subject: From The Compensation Award Payment Center

 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington D.C
https://www.fbi.gov/history/directors/christopher-wray
 
Attention:
 
If  you receive this email its means you are yet to receive your scam victim Compensation Funds. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Mrs. Gill Marcus of the Reserve Bank Of South Africa, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank Anderson, Stephen Allen, Emmanuel Nnorom, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of  HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Lamido Sanusi of CBN, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen, Harry Thompson, Barr. Larry Gold and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation who exist in different part of the world e.g Malaysia, Benin Republic, Ghana, Togo, United States, Nigeria, India, China and many others.
 
The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, British Interpol and the African Truth and Reconciliation Commission gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors as you have. As a result of this 1000 people where selected across the Globe for this SECOND BATCH OF THE YEAR COMPENSATION and Your email ( %0% ) was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed by the US GOVERNMENT in conjunction with the IMF.
 
We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling $5,500,000.00 USD (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) will be release to you as one of the selected Beneficiaries. To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the Compensation Center via email or phone for their requirement to proceed for the release of your funds
 
Dr. Derick Foster
Director- General
Compensation Award Payment Center
Email: derickfoster@uymail.com
Tel:  +1 651-314-1309
 
On contacting Dr. Derick Foster with your details your file would be updated with the necessary information's, below Dr. Derick Foster is obliged to give you a call and treat your case with utmost urgency as soon as you contact him and fill out your correct details including all reachable phone numbers for him to get in touch with you via phone or email.
 
FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
COUNTRY: __________________________________
SEX: _______________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
 
Most important: You will be asked by Dr. Derick Foster to pay $200 to get your Approval of Payment Warrant before your fund worth the sum of $5,500,000.00 USD (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) will be release to you finally.
 
Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your Compensation Funds and forward any emails you get from impostors to Dr. Derick Foster's office so he could act upon it immediately to help stop cyber crime.
 
Best Regards,
Dir. Christopher Wray
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.

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