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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: Leonardo Rivera <diplomatsamsongate511@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrbernardjones02@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 15:45:37 +0300
Subject: Urgent Payment Notification

Attn Scammed victim,

Our attention was long drawn to the issue of your unpaid scammed victims
compensation. the financial crimes Enforcement Department revealed that you
were approved of a legitimate compensation funds by the Asset Control Dept
of the UN in West Africa as a result scam you suffered in the past and
could still be suffering presently. we contacted Several US liaison offices
in West Africa for confirmation and proof of your compensation fund
approval, we have been waiting for final approval for the payment
authorization for any funds owed in compensation to be delivered through
the Paying Bank in the US and not by Banks run by criminals in Africa.

This information was after the investigation into several and hundreds of
cases relating to fraud and scam suffered by hundreds to thousands in the
US on daily basis, we have made contact with the Agencies handling payments
of the compensation with your name to find out why your compensation has
not been delivered but firstly, you need to stop your communication with
criminals and fraudsters in Africa swindling you and several US Citizens
over the years, you need the right information to know exactly where you
fund is and how the fund will be delivered to you. We have been told told
to contact the UN representative in USA who has files and information with
names of all the beneficiaries. be advised to also make inquiry with Mr
Bernard Jones immediately to know the status of your compensation funds.

Mr. Bernard Jones
Asset Control Dept.
UN Representative
E-mail: mrbernardjones02@gmail.com

However one of the reasons for contacting you is to have you protected from
fraudsters and impostors that may have stolen thousands from you with fake
promises of sending your funds, we want you protected from fraudsters. this
is what we have continued to do for several scammed victims in the US for
years. while we give you direction on who to contact about your legit
compensation funds. we also want to have you protected from impostors
especially from West Africa Countries like Nigeria Ghana and Benin
Republic, they have defrauded and continue to scam hundreds of people in US
in the past 25 years. we do not want more to be trapped by these fraudsters.

Therefore we request you to report and forward us suspicious emails you may
or have received telling you about any funds owed to you so we can verify
the source of that message before you respond to it, forward it so we can
verify the source then let you know if its genuine or scam. with this, you
are protected from scam. also if you are currently dealing with anyone
regarding funds or have been paying money to anyone. we want that verify.
just to make sure you are not dealing with criminals. If you are still
being contacted by any persons, Banks or organization concerning any other
funds, then feel free to forward the email to us to verify the true source.

Once you contact Bernard Jones you can be assured of truth and guaranteed
of receiving your legit compensation funds.

Regards,

Leonardo Rivera
Monitoring &Intelligence Dept.

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