419 scam: "Mr. Christopher Asher Wray"<fbidirectsender.gov_7@outlook.com> DO YOU AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVE TO CLAIM YOUR GRANT/WINNINGS??

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- tedcruz091@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Christopher Asher Wray" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 09:50:44 -0700
Subject: DO YOU AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVE TO CLAIM YOUR GRANT/WINNINGS??

FBI Headquarters
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001,

The FBI uses both its cyber and criminal resources along with its intelligence capabilities to identify and stop crime groups in their early stages and to root out the many types of perpetrators. By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in order to provide and supervision management of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to ensure a full and thorough investigation of your winnings which we have carried out has our duties and obligations.

We would like you to know that your Facebook/Instagram lottery winnings is 100% legit and through our surveillance we taped and track your conversation to know you are dealing with the wrong people which are impostors trying to swag your money and get away, Please, also confirm if you have authorized Mr. RAINER HESSE to change your banking details to the following details stated below:

VACAP Federal Credit Union,
1700 Robin Hood Road, Richmond,
VA 23220. Account number 3250163

Also re-confirm Your details with verification identification.

Please note that the right and legal office to contact is official Ted Cruz ( tedcruz091@gmail.com ) and He was instructed by Facebook, Inc./CEO Mark Zuckerberg which all winnings payment and scam compensation will be confirmed, for your Facebook/Instagram lottery winnings to be released to you in the next 24 to 48 hours after the mandatory fee 330$ for the transfer and insurance security fee, which should be paid for the immediate release of your winnings for the sum of a million dollars.

We would like you to get back to us with every correspondence involved in your transactions with Facebook/Instagram lottery commission boards and makes sure you update every activities that you think it’s unusual to your winnings.

“I wanted to be an independent person, a person who could pay bills, a person who could run her own life - and I became that person”

You can be that person if you take a step to your success and get your winnings with the right office.

Regards
Mr. Christopher Asher Wray
FBI Headquarters
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001.

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