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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: "Mr. Takayuki Oku" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@cybercrimeunits.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:06:39 -0700
Subject: NOTIFICATION FROM CYBER CRIMES UNIT

cyber Crimes Unit Asia (CCU)
In Partnership with: FBI/NW33C/LAI


Our records indicates that you are eligible to receive restitution for one or more of the Internet fraud schemes you've been a victim of. See necessary case details below.

Case on apprehended Internet fraudsters, A group of Chinese and a Vietnamese nationale and some team of Africans who were arrested on felony charges in Atlanta, June 2019 has officially been closed.

The case was closed based on the following terms;
1. Restitution order: seized assets shall be liquidated and converted into a restitution fund,
2. Time served plus 168 months.
3. 10 years probation.

The perpetrator and his group of co-offenders had over 2000 aliases originating from Russia, London, Turkey and many more masking their original identities. Our records indicate that you have also been a victim of their fraud schemes as your contact details were found on several devices belonging to the perpetrators.

Following court orders, this makes you eligible to receive restitution for damages caused by their crimes.


The united nations and world bank with years of experience on similar cases. After having consistently pursued the subjects case for two years, successfully secured restitution payment sum of USD 8,500,000.00 ( Eight million, Five hundred thousand dollars only) for each victim.

Restitutions are being ordered to be paid immediately. To start the process of receiving your restitution benefits, Kindly email the following details for the release of your compensation payment:

1.FULL NAME
2.COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS
3.PHONE NUMBER
4.COPY OF INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/ID CARD
5.OCCUPATION

Please be sure to quote your reference number in all correspondences.


Regards

Mr. Takayuki Oku
For Cyber Crimes Unit Asia Division

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