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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: Williams Williams <ww261820@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 02:53:21 -0700
Subject: Final Funds Release Order.

Attention:

Dear Sir,

Final Funds Release Order.

In consideration of the legislative/legal resolution reached by the
World Governing Bodies: The IMF, United Nations Organization, World
Bank Group, United States Government, British Government and the
European Union Commission Committee on Financial and Allied Matters
following series of complaints and petitions received from the office
of the European Union Police Commission, The FBI and The INTERPOL
respectively over the non-payment of foreign beneficiaries’ payments
as at when due.

This Ad hoc committee on fact-finding and foreign payment was
subsequently inaugurated to help release immediately all the
outstanding payments that had received proper approvals and
endorsements from the various agencies/offices but was delayed due to
the nonchalant attitudes of those at the helm of affairs.

From the records of outstanding beneficiaries due for payment with the
various Government Agencies, your name was discovered as next on the
list of beneficiaries whose files showed sufficient proves to receive
their overdue payment but was marred by various fees imposed on them
by their so-called representatives especially bank officials who ended
up in ripping them off their savings instead of discharging their
duties diligently and also divert their approved funds to several
untraceable bank accounts without due consent of the original
benefactors.

I wish to inform you that your Contract, Inheritance and Winning Fund
is being processed and will be released to you through the government
Approved Payment Channels, as soon as you respond to this
notification.

To avoid all further bottlenecks, we have allocated to you new
International Payment Voucher Number: IMF/FRBWDC/US-BG-93WB82UN567-G,
Approval Number: 7402-2011, Certificate of Merit Number: 781 and
Release Code Number: 0295 and you must quote any of these
Identification Numbers before us, for proper identification. Note also
that your file is currently in my office and from the records I have
in my file, you have been cleared to receive the sum of
US$11,000,000.00 ( Eleven Million United States Dollar only)

Reconfirm the following information to me for final ratification exercise:

1} Full Name, For Verification:...
2} Home/Office Telephone Number:....
3} Home/Office Fax Number:....
4} Occupation:....
5} Age/ Marital Status:....
6} Home Address:....
7} Nationality:....
8} Scan copy of your Int'l passport or any valid identity card ( I.D card)

As soon as this Information are received, your payment will be duly
processed and released to you, through our most reliable payment
channels within the shortest possible time.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Yours in Service


Barrister William Henson.
Attorney at law/Secretary.
Fact-finding and foreign payment.

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