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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: "Mrs Maria Coffey" <mariacoffey00@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsmariacoffey@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 16:07:07 +0600
Subject: Concerning your compensation funds

Hi My Friend,

I am Mrs Maria Coffey, I am a US citizen, 57 years Old. I reside here in
Silver Springs Florida. My residential address is as follows. 7008 E Hwy
326 Silver Springs Florida 34488, United States, am thinking of relocating
since I am now rich. I am one of those that was scammed and took part in
the Compensation in Africa some years ago and they refused to pay me, I
had paid over US$62,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to
no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Africa with all my compensation documents,
AS I had been directed by the ( F B I) Director to contact and meet
Barrister George Alex, who is a member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE and
representative of the FBI in Africa, BENIN REPUBLIC precisely, so I
contacted Barrister George Alex and he explained everything to me. He said
whoever i was dealing with was fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment.
Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my
compensation funds of $980,000.00 US Dollars. Moreover, Barrister George
Alex, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive
their payments and I saw your email address as one of the beneficiaries,
that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with anyone you might
be in contact with now, they are not with your fund, they are only making
money out of you. I will advise you to contact Barrister George Alex.

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE DIRECTOR
Name : Barrister George Alex(Esq)
Email: barr.galex01@outlook.com

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you
and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with
them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until
you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I met Barrister George Alex was just US$270
for the paper works, take note of that. As soon as you contact him he will
direct you on how to send the payment to him in order for him to obtain
the paper works from the court of law there in Nigeria so that your fund
can be transferred to you without any delay just the way mine was
transferred to me.

Send him the following details if you know you are ready to have your
FUNDS within few days so that as soon as he receive your information he
will send to you the directions for sending him the $270 USD that is
needed for him to get the needed document to make the transfer a
successful one and that is the only payment i made to Barrister George
Alex and he helped me in the transferring of my FUNDS and i must say that
you have to contact him so that he will help you the way he helped me to
Get my FUNDS without any further payment. You can even fly down to BENIN
REPUBLIC to meet him in person if you wish so but that will be a waste of
resources because i have already confirmed him legitimate.

Fill Out the information to him if you are ready to get your FUNDS

Your Full Name:...............
Direct Phone:....................
Country.................
Gender:.........
Age:..............

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact
Barrister George Alex so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead
of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for
different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs Maria Coffey.
7008 E Hwy 326 Silver Springs
Florida 34488, United States




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