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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: ACHIEVA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION <marcoloancompany@gmail.com>
Reply-To: achievafederalcreditunion@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 08:35:45 +0000
Subject: FUND DIVERSION ALERT!!!

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>From The Desk Of Achieva Federal
Credit Union Bank,1659 Virginia
St., PO Box 1500 Dunedin, FL 34697,
The United States.
USA International Wire Transfer
Monitoring Unit Department.
Our Website: https://www.achievacu.com
Email: achievafederalcreditunion@outlook.com
Phone: +1 (914) 222-2021 (Calls+Text).


Attention!!!

My name is Mr. Darrell Johnson newly posted to Achieva Federal Credit
Union, here in Florida from the International Monetary Fund, United
States. I was sent here to rectify some mismanagement activities of
some of the officials at the Achieva Federal Credit Union and our
Florida office, to ensure and observe the payment and disbursement of
beneficiary funds and all COVID-19 relieve funds.

I observed a floating transfer here in your name worth $15.5million
USD but something doesn't add up in this transaction. I decided to
contact you because I observed that there is a power of attorney in
your file authorizing the transfer of this fund to this Switzerland
bank account.

Bank Name: UBS SA Bank.
Address: CASE POSTALE 2600.1211, GENEVE 2 SWITZERLAND.
Account Holder: REMY BOUZARD.
Bank account No.: 7771806022.
Amount: 15,500,000.00 USD only.
Clearing: 0240 Bank S W I F T
BIC: UBSWCHZH80A.
Iban: CH26 0024 0240 7771 8060G,

The signatures in the power of attorney are different from the
signature in your file which is an illegal attempt to divert the fund
to a foreign account.
If you are not dead, kindly get back to me with your full name,
address, active phone number, and your valid I.D. This is a security
measure adopted to avoid impersonation.
You are also to state if you authorized this transfer because the
supposed impersonator stated here that you are dead and he is your
next of kin.

I await your immediate response.

Regards...
Mr. Darrell Johnson

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