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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- kennethblanco824@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kenneth Blanco" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kennethblanco824@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2021 05:51:25 +0200
Subject: Good News

Hello good day to you,

I wish to congratulate you on the wonderful feat of getting your allocation remitted to you via Bitcoin. Note that the Board of Directors and Executive Council of the FinCEN is poised to do everything possible to aid you in this. That being said and in line with standard practice, to complete the remission of this Bitcoin to you, you are advised to verify your identity regarding the claims to your funds. Please know that you are required to verify you identity with us to be able to claim your funds. Also notes that this verification required NO fee to be paid from you so we want you to be rest assured that no one is going to ask you for any fee. Also Note that the reason for this verification is because of the new administration that has been put in place to handle all parts of the Financial aspects in the US.

Bitcoin[a] (?) is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries. We would like to bring to your notice that you are about to receive $1,000,000.00 USD in bitcoin and that should be 19.43 Bitcoin. This E-mail is to certify that you have been cleared to receive this funds and the state has to verify your identity before the funds is being sent out to you and we would be happy to let you know that you can now receive the said compensation through your block chain once the verification is completed.

Please Get back to me on email at : kennethblanco824@gmail.com or Text or call me at +1-321-252-0879.

This Notification is issued to bring you up to speed on this development. The Executive Council of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Board of Commissioners of Federal Reserve Bank/Federal Reserve System have deliberated on the Cryptocurrency Exchange/Translation Rate and hereby give results through the CoinDesk Bitcoin Calculator below:

1 United States Dollar ($1) equals 0.000019 Bitcoin. 1,000,000.00 United States Dollar ($1,000,000.00) equals 19.43 Bitcoin. You will hereby be receiving 19.43 Bitcoin in your Wallet.

Yours Sincerely,
Kenneth A. Blanco
Director
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) ..

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