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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: "Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC)" <info.worldbank2020@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.commisionerfcscrep@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:31:39 +0100
Subject: RE: APPROVED PAYMENT OF US$5,500,000.00 FOR YOU.

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FROM U.S. Department of Justice
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC)
441 G Street, NW., Room 6330
Washington, DC 20579
United States of America



Attention Beneficiary,

Following series of investigations of some blocked Foreign and local
Claims, we came across your file and found out that you have not yet
received your compensation payment of Five Millions Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars (US$5,500,000.00), Therefore Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (FCSC) in its
foreign settlement agreements has found your compensation claim
reasonable enough to be released, which has led us to contact you
through this medium as one of the Beneficiaries that is due for these
claim.
The Department of the Treasury’s role is to ensure that the claimants
receive the proper payment amount as authorized in the public law of
the Foreign Claims Program. Your payment has been authorized and your
total funds will be delivered to you in cash through diplomat means,
Your documents has been verified and all your clearance certificate is
still valid, therefore your funds will be delivered to your home
address in cash in a consignment trunk once we have received
confirmation from you that you are still alive, also you will need to
pay only $250 USD as the shipping cost of this delivery.


Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Patrick Hovakimian
Commissioner,
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC)
CUSTOMER CARE: info.commisionerfcscrep@gmail.com

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