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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: "MsCharlote" <barlte.bon@comcast.net>
Reply-To: mscopecharlotteoo@conductauthority.online
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:35:07 -0800
Subject: Sad Ordeal About Your Unpaid Fund_


Hello,
How are you doing now?
I write to confess what you are presently going through with the release o=
f your claim funds. I was a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)=
on Local and Foreign Debt attached to the World Bank office in Washington,=
DC, USA. I discovered some abnormality in the release process of your fund=
s to you through our financial monitoring system which reveals the activiti=
es of some colleagues in the system during a private investigation I carrie=
d out. I suspected some kind of foul play in their activities which detrime=
ntal to the success of your transaction.
I feel the need to assist you achieve the successful release, transfer and=
credit of your fund to your designated/nominated bank account.
=

I discovered that these officers was conniving with some top officials of t=
he Bank to divert funds approved to settle financial, investment, Internati=
onal contractors and most especially Inheritance and lottery. This fund hav=
e been approved for the payment release while they are deliberately delayin=
g your payment. Whereas your funds have unnecessarily been delay with claim=
of one fictitious fee or the other from different quarters which is not in=
line with your payment release. I wonder why you haven't noticed all this =
while. I can assure you this will keep happening if you do not do away with=
those officers.
You have the option of accepting or declining my offer to give a sense of =
achieving the successful transfer of your funds to you, because if you don'=
t, your fund stands a chance to be forfeited or gone. Your fund is currentl=
y authorized and I can assist you have it paid to you through a financial s=
tatement bank. You fund is been approved by the Governing Bank with a Key T=
ested Reference/CLAIMS CODE Number, which was supposed to have been issued =
to you, but they have decided to divert your attention by telling you that =
they have something to do with one committee or the other especially in UK =
or Africa and making you believe that the fund will be transferred into you=
r account - FALSE! =

The reason why I am giving you this information is because of the fact tha=
t I was aware of it and my doctrine does not permit me to withhold such inf=
ormation. The only help you can get from me now, is the actual link to your=
payment, please do not give this information to them as it may lead to the=
m influencing a total blockage to your payment, so you have to be very care=
ful with this information.Upon your response to this message, I shall give =
you all you need to contact the affiliate Payment Office in UK or US.
Yours truly,
Ms. Charlotte Cope

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