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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: JEROME POWELL <mw475817@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jameswaltonemail@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:53:38 -0800
Subject: Attention Beneficiary

From Federal Reserves Headquarters Office USA, Your Payment code:(147118)

CONGRATULATIONS DEAR PARCEL OWNER,

Good day to you and your family, from Federal Reserves Verification
Office USA,We the Federal Reserves Verification Office USA were hereby
to inform you that a parcel was reported in this office from Airport
custom authority on 20th of JANUARY 2021; as a result that the parcel
has no legal documents that shows that the parcel is coming from
Republic Du Benin during our proper investigation.

Noted that after our investigations and verification on this issue we
find out that you have to obtain the parcel Yellow Tag and IRS
certificate from Republic Du Benin been the origin of this transaction
which the obtaining of the documents will cost you altogether sum of
$100.00usd only, this instruction came to us from International
Monetary Fund (IMF) in Affiliation with Federal Bureau Investigation
(FBI). Also, we have been having a meeting for quite sometime now with
the IMF of Benin Republic with Federal High Court and we just came to
a logical conclusion few days ago.

They have agreed that once you obtain the Yellow Tag and IRS
certificate your($10.5, Million US Dollars) parcel will be release in
other to complete the delivery to your provided home
details.Therefore, you have to reconfirm your full details to us
including your telephone number. OR Your Banking information where the
funds will be transferred to you onward bank to bank wire transfer.

SEND THE NEEDED $100.00 THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM WITH BELOW
INFORMATION TODAY.

RECEIVER...TAVIMAMA LATIFA
COUNTRY....BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY/STATE...COTONOU
TEXT QUESTION...FINAL
ANSWER....PAYMENT
MTCN......

Contact the Foreign Payment Director MR. JAMES WALTON with your
payment code: (147118) immediately for your parcel at the given
address below: Person to Contact: payment director
Email:(jameswaltonemail@gmail.com) Give him a call OR Text: +1 (814)
888 4833


I apologize on behalf of the (IMF) in Affiliation with Federal Bureau
Investigation (FBI) organization for any delay you might have
encountered in receiving your parcel in the past. I look forward to
hear from you as soon as you confirm your payment.

Regards
Jerome Powell

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