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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: "Federal Bureau of Investigation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <www.christopherasherwray@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 15:24:44 +0100
Subject: Attention: Fund Owner,

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington,
D.C. 20535-0001, USA
 
Attention:Fund Owner,
 
I write to bring to you the good news regarding to the information as this office just receive this morning from Benin Republic West Africa from Mr. Peter Ezenna, ATM FOREIGN PAYMENT OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC WEST AFRICA in regard to your unclaimed fund total sum of $3,500,000.00 United State Dollars which is in his custody which has been converted into an ATM MASTER CARD to be deliver to your home address that his office have contacted you severally in regard to that all for no avail no respond from you,
 
Please in regard to this message I will advise you to give urgent attention to this office in regard to this message by furnishing to this office your current delivering Address Name and Phone Number so that this office will as well get back to the office Mr. Peter Ezenna and instruct him to register and deliver the said ATM MASTER CARD to your home address as well. Once again for your information kindly understand that this will cost you $350 usd only for the delivering of the said Card to your home Address,
 
In regard to this message kindly understand that you can not due without the help of this office to make sure that this project workout successfully with his office in regard to the delivery you are advice to update this office in regard to every communication with them so that this office will monitor and make sure that you receive your Atm Master Card from his office without any more delaying. We wait to hear back from you so that this office will as well furnish you with his office mail address to contact his office in regard to this kindly update,
 
Yours in service,
 
Regards,
 
Christopher Asher Wray (FBI Director)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington,
D.C.20535-0001, USA
E-mail: www.christopherasherwray@gmail.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_A._Wray



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