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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: "Dr. Mathew Roland" <info@lee.com>
Reply-To: <Dr_roland.mathew@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 02:09:08 -0700
Subject: Final Funds Release Order...

Attention: Beneficiary

In consideration of the legislative/legal resolution reached by the World Governing Bodies: The IMF, United Nations Organization, World Bank Group, United States Government, British Government and the European Union Commission Committee on Financial and Allied Matters following series of complaints and petitions received from the office of the European Union Police Commission, The FBI and The INTERPOL respectively over the non-payment of foreign beneficiaries’ payments as at when due. This adhoc committee on fact-finding and foreign payment was subsequently inaugurated to help release immediately all the outstanding payments that had received proper approvals and endorsements from the various agencies/offices but was delayed due to the non-chalant attitudes of those at the helm of affairs.

From the records of outstanding beneficiaries due for payment with the various Government Agencies, your name was discovered as next on the list of beneficiaries whose files showed sufficient proves to receive their overdue payment but was marred by various fees imposed on them by their so-called representatives especially bank officials who ended up in ripping them off their savings instead of discharging their duties diligently and also divert their approved funds to several untraceable bank accounts without due consent of the original benefactors.

I wish to inform you that your Contract, Inheritance and Winning Fund is being processed and will be released to you through our Approved Payment Channels as soon as you respond to this notification. To avoid all further bottlenecks, we have allocated to you new International Payment Voucher Number: IMF/FRBWDC/US-BG-93WB82UN567-G, Approval Number: 7402-2011, Certificate of Merit Number: 781 and Release Code Number: 0295 and you must quote any of these Identification Numbers before us for proper identification. Note also that your file is currently in my office in New York City, and from the records I have in my file, you have been cleared to receive the sum of US$ 30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million United State Dollars only)

So indicate the mode you consider most convenient to allow us take further steps to that effect. Also reconfirm the following information to me for final ratification exercise:

1} Your Full Name, For Verifications:...
2} Your Contact Telephone and Fax Number:....
3}Profession:....
4}Age:....

As soon as this Information are received, your payment will be duly processed and released to you as you deem fit through our most reliable payment channels within the shortest possible time. Your banking details are only relevant if you choose the first and/or last mode of payment. Further information\guidance will be availed to you as soon as we receive your response to this final payment release order.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Yours faithfully ,
Dr. Mathew Roland
Chairman, European Union Committee on Financial and Allied Matters

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