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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: "INTERNET CRIMES COMPLAIN CENTER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hencloud189@gmail.com>>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 03:52:01 -0700
Subject: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY !!!!

Attention,


I am Mr. Henry Clough, Director in charge of the compensation to scam victims. We received a report from the Internet Crimes
Complaint Center (IC3) after conducting a Back track forensic investigation amd the report clearly revealed the reason why your
long awaited funds have still remained unprocessed even after so many payments.

Cyber investigations shows that your Payment file has been infected with a trojan 889 virus which ensures that you keep receive
repeated billings which has been the core reason why you keep getting billed and keep paying without receiving what you are paying
for.Records also show that urgent steps need to be taken to have this dangerous virus removed immediately, to avoid identity theft
due to stealing of key log information linked to your bank acount, usernames and passwords, as well as secondary infection of
people you communicate with.As we speak, you are open and vulnerable to further virus attacks and your urgent attention is needed.

The Internet Crimes Complaints Center, (IC3) division have resolved to pay everyone who has one way or the other lost money
innocently to fraudsters in blacklisted countries and those countries would be made to cough out every penny as
instructed by President Donald Trump but despite all the effort made last year to ensure that most foreign beneficiaries receive
their payment, record still show that a lot of foreign beneficiaries like you still did not receive their payments. The IC3 has
now been authorized to verify and effect payments based on your prompt response before payment deadline.

You need to contact our Head of Security, Mr. Henry Clough, at the security department of the IC3 Security surveillance
department:

Mr. Henry Clough

Email: hencloud189@gmail.com

Internet Crimes Complaint Center
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
ICC Headquarters Oregon Division.
Mon-Fri(9AM TO 5PM)
Sat: 9AM TO 4PM

Tell him about the security threat on your file so he can give you clear guidelines on what is required to process the
deactivation of this virus.

As soon as this trojan is removed, your $7.5 Million USD will be fully cleared for cash out within 24 hours.

Yours sincerely,
Henry Clough
Director of Payments

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