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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: "Mr. Peter Simons" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <petersimons300@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 15:32:36 -0700
Subject: Re:UPDATE FROM THE DESK OF PETER SIMONS.

Dear Beneficiary,
 
 
I hope that this correspondence is received with the urgency and
expediency required.
 
 
It has come to the notice of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
Reserve Bank here in Washington, D.C. that  your present
inheritance claims application being handled  by the Remitting
Bank in Nigeria is experiencing some man  made irregularities. To
this effect, it has become necessary  for the Board of Trustees
to assign trained Fund Transfer Specialists from the United
States to resolve and regularize your fund release with immediate
effect.
 
 
We at Peter Simons & Consults have been duly consulted by the FRB
Board of Trustees. We have been fully informed about how the
staffs of the remitting bank has been taking advantage of you by
telling you to pay unnecessarily exorbitant charges which will
only make your fund payment a long drawn out process.
 
 
Due to this development, we have been assigned to step into the
immediate processing of your fund transfer to enable your funds
to be transferred to you within the shortest possible time. To
implement this, you are to get back to us immediately without
needing to pay all the huge sums of monies that are being
demanded from you by the previous handlers at the remitting bank.
 
 
All processes to have your funds paid to you immediately through
the CBN's Liaison Remittance Office in New York have been
initiated to cut out unnecessary costs.
 
 
You are advised to treat this communication with the urgency and
seriousness required as the Board of Trustees of the Federal
Reserve Bank has mandated us to resolve this fund payment within
the next three working days independent of the office of the
Remitting Bank in Africa.
 
 
Furthermore,you are hereby advised to pay no further fees or
charges to the Remitting Bank in Nigeria as they shall no longer
be handling your payment process.
 
 
We shall await your immediate correspondence with your direct
telephone numbers to my private email address at
(petersimons300@aol.com) for re-confirmation so that we may 
conclude your payment immediately.
 
 
Yours Sincerely,
Peter Simons.
Peter Simons & Consults.

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