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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 <adm.johnson62@gmail.com>
Reply-To: FDRP1@yandex.com
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 13:30:03 +0100
Subject: Foreign Debt Reconciliation

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Dear Sir/Madam,

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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