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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: Debt Reconciliation <jonegoce1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: FDRP1@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 12:06:17 +0100
Subject: Foreign Debt Reconciliation

--
Hello,

Following the petition our office received from United Nations Human Rights
Commissions (UNHRC) and the International Arbitration panel over a
compensation of advance fee fraud and scam victims in Asia, Europe and
Africa. The United Nation and African Union has set up a special panel
called the Foreign Debt Reconciliation Panel (FDRP) that comprises all the
financial monitoring and compensation body and Internet Crime Complaint
Center (IC3) to work out the modalities for an amicable way of making sure
that every victim of fraud from Asia, Europe, Africa and other countries is
duly compensated as a pre-condition of lifting the economic sanction.

It is significant to mention that the United Nations and African Union is
aware of the situation and the money spent by you while paying the fee to
receive your fund. Owing to this development, The World Bank Group, IC3 and
Foreign Debt Reconciliation Panel has resolved to pay every victim of fraud
whichever way in Africa and other part of the countries a certain sum each.

However, on verification of the file for approval, your names with several
others was approved to receive the compensation through either certified
bank draft or MT103 swift wire payment.

Note: This office has been officially assigned to facilitate this
transaction, I hereby advise you adhere to my instruction to enable us
complete your Compensation Fund Transfer Successfully.
E-mail me Your Name, Phone number and your complete address in other to
reconfirm the record we have in our files.

Best Regards.
Ralph Harland.
Foreign Debt Reconciliation Panel

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