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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: "C.I.A" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kelphenxuvip163.com@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 06:06:42 -0700
Subject: Warrant for your arrest - Case #06072019

Distribution and storage of pornographic electronic materials involving underage children.

My name is Officer Jack Lee and I am a technical collection officer working for Central Intelligence Agency.

It has come to my attention that your personal details including your email address are listed in case #06072019.

The following details are listed in the document's attachment:

• Your personal details,
• Home address,
• Work address,
• List of relatives and their contact information.

Case #06072019 is part of a large international operation set to arrest more than 2000 individuals suspected of paedophilia in 27 countries.

The data which could be used to acquire your personal information:

• Your ISP web browsing history,
• DNS queries history and connection logs,
• Deep web .onion browsing and/or connection sharing,
• Online chat-room logs,
• Social media activity log.

The first arrests were carried out on 8th of June, 2019.

Why am I contacting you ?

I read the documentation and I know you are a wealthy person who may be concerned about your reputation.

I am one of several people who have access to those documents and I have enough security clearance to amend and remove your details from this case. Here is my proposition.

Transfer exactly $1,000 USD in BTC (One thousand dollars - (BTC)) through Bitcoin network to this special bitcoin address: 3HNKUTtBK9aJH7CxgiXh2pas9i6V8nB2iy

You can transfer funds with online bitcoin exchanges such as Coinbase, Bitstamp or Coinmama. The deadline is July 30th, 2019 (I need few days to access and edit the files).

Upon confirming your transfer I will take care of all the files linked to you and you can rest assured no one will bother you.

Please do not contact me. I will contact you and confirm only when I see the valid transfer.

Regards,
Officer Jack Lee

Technical Collection Officer
Directorate of Science and Technology
Central Intelligence Agency

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