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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: "Albert Rivera" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <consultantkeystonelimited@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 05:27:39 -0800
Subject: PAYMENT FUND TRANSFER THROUGH US BANKS


Attention


Our attention was long drawn to the issue of an unpaid scammed victims compensation owed to you and several others, the financial crimes Enforcement Department once revealed that you have a genuine compensation funds approved in West Africa as a result of scam and loss over the years. we first contacted the Several US Consulate offices across Africa for confirmation and proof of your compensation fund approval, we have been waiting for final approval for the processing of the funds owed in compensation to be delivered through US Banks and not Bank in Africa.

After the investigation,contact was esterblished with the Agencies handling payments of the compensation with your name to find out if truly you have any approved years ago or recently anywhere in your name,but first is you must end communication with the fraudsters in West Africa swindling you and hundreds of US Citizens over the years, if you have been dealing with any over the years.first you need the right information to know exactly where your legit fund is and how the fund will be delivered to you.we have information there you have unpaid approved compensation fund and the money was moved to the US. we have information to contact the Director of Payments System Management Department at the UN New York.


Mr Bernard Jones
Director Payment System Management Department at the UN New York.
E-mail:consultantkeystonelimited@gmail.com


Also another reason for contacting you is to have you protected from fraudsters, scammers and impostors that may be offering you millions all in an attempt to deceive you and start extorting money from you. 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.

The truth is that once you contact Bernard Jones you can be assured of truth and guaranteed of receiving your legit compensation funds. he has completed over 2000 compensation payments through Paying Bank to several beneficiaries in America, European, Asian in the last 8 years. your legitimateky approved compensation fund is waiting for clearance in the US.

Regards,

Albert Rivera
US financial Intelligence Dept.

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