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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: "Donald J. Trump" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chris.nrs1800@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 07:08:15 -0500
Subject: FROM THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENCY

REF: USF/IRD/CBX/021/19
MAV/NIUS/USG/MIN/001715
A/P#: 459606=179244=169=678
PAYMENT REF:NRS/US
NIUS/IRD/CBX/0115


FROM THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENCY

I hope this mail finds you in good spirit and in good health? Because I quite share the pain of your losses in the past years, do to some corrupt elements in the past administration, which my government have vowed to tackle and eliminate.

I president Donald J. Trump president of United States of America, I was elected to the office of the president and was sworn in on the 20th day of January 2016, as the 45th president of our great country America, to fight and tackle terrorism and corruption which the past government used to defraud millions of people, companies and institutions around the world billions of dollars.

Well after my consultations with our top financial institutions and security agents here in Washington DC, knowing my platform which was built around my image as a staunch anti-terrorism fighter and my incorruptible and an honest reputation, which has giving me the utmost concern to compensate the victims of cyber scams, and make sure that their long awaited beneficial/contract fund is been paid without any further delay.

So, we have employed a strategy to remit sanity and vow to terminate the activity of this fraudsters, by all our security Network all over the country in view to monitor all outgoing and incoming communication to enable us fish out and avert all illegal and suspicious transaction both domestically and internationally respectively.

Please, note that United States government have formed the NATIONAL REFORM SCHEME(NRS) and also approved of $23.5million to be paid to you, as generated by your long awaited contract/inheritance fund from the office of Mr. president, which is headed by an incorruptible and one of most distinguished, clergy man of our generation RT, REV DR. CHRIS J.ANDAMAN. So I advice you as a good citizen who believe in rule of law, as abiding citizen of your great country to help us in this fight, by contacting the office of the RT, REV DR. CHRIS J.ANDAMAN, below to enable you receive your fund as soon as possible

National Reform Scheme,Office
1800 K St NW Washington, DC, 20551
United States of America
Email; chris.nrs1800@gmail.com

Note that this is the only office legally constituted hence forth by the Government of United States to handle this great task ahead, however, My government have dutifully empowered the NATIONAL REFORM SCHEME(NRS) to curb all illicit transactions and workload of this perpetrators, In line with my Anti-terrorism and corruption crusade.

Be informed that from this day that I have also instructed our security agencies that if they still find out you are still in email or telephone communication with any of this criminals, impersonators fraudsters, over your contract/inheritance payment, they will discard and terminate your contract/inheritance file and you will report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for questioning over your transaction and your actions.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation in this regards.
Yours faithfully
Donald J. Trump
President United States of America

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