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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. Samson Potter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aaww11110000@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 00:41:29 +0100
Subject: FINAL UPDATE !!!!

Attention: Beneficiary,

My name is Samson Potter, A citizen of United States, 55 years Old. I reside in Seattle washington;
I resumed my current position in this bank on the 7th of October 2012 as the current remittance
director of Federal Reserve Bank (FRB).

Am contacting you concerning your overdue part-contract payment which have been endorsed
for onward transfer to your destination depending on your choice to receive your payment, meanwhile
the board concluded to deliver your payment via bank to bank wire transfer to make it
easier for you within 24 hours.

Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) will be willing to receive your full contact details in your
next email, so as to furnish you with the necessary details to transfer your part payment sum
of $15,000,000.00 within 24 hours.

Considering the latest payment instruction we received few days ago from
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO) AND
ALSO FROM INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF), You will not be required to pay
for your Fund Ownership Certificate (FOC), but you must present valid and verifiable details of
your payment to my office prior to the final release of your payment so as to indicate
and assure that you are the rightful beneficiary to the funds in our custody.

I will be expecting to hear from you.

Yours Truly,

Mr. Samson Potter
Remittance Director,
Federal Reserve Bank (FRB)

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