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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: "Jamal El Hindi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamal.el.hindi@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 06:13:44 -0800
Subject: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information's about financial transactions.
Attention:
This is to kindly notify your esteemed self on our recent network approach in cooperation with the international regulatory  in some of the banks in Europe, Africa and Asia owning to various complains/petitions on delays of funds transfers by some of the banks mostly in West Africa regions due to administrative protocols and transfer handlings from the bank officers.
We are contacting you on this new development because your particulars and account information was revealed in the bank central computer data as one of the lawful foreign benefactor of an outstanding unpaid contract/inheritance funds,sum of 3.5 million USD.
The aforementioned fund above is  currently deposited with our United States Federation accounts with JP Morgan Chase Bank for security measures in order to secure fund from lost and avert any future transfer/payment delays such
as those urgly experience you got
your self-involved in the past years with representatives and some ghost bank officials in Africa.
You are directed to call immediately upon receipt of this correspondence the electronic swift banking phone pool as a way of personally conveying the confirmation and record of your funds account details and to further complete the processing of funds accordingly to any of your nominated bank account from United States.
The number to call is 1-8009359935 (if you are outside United States dial +1 follow with the 10 digits). Listen to the instructions carefully and proceed with caution by pressing at every request button 1,# until you reach to the point where you  are requested to punch in the Account Number punch in 001042940, this is the federation's consolidated account accommodating your payment funds at the moment, the  loans and grants balances (L&G.B). After this, you would be requested to punch in the access
code number and lastly punch in carefully (access code: 00334000) by way of a voice reconfirmation of your account particulars. This simply means confirming you as the beneficiary of the said account that will permit us to complete payment to you accordingly.
You are to comply immediately with the above Telephone Banking instructions so that the bank will complete transfer of payment to any of your nominated bank account as soon as possible.
Officially Signed,
Jamal El-Hindi
Associate Director, Regulatory Policy and Programs Division
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
 
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