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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: "Mrs. Araminta Ratliff" <fscsofficecliamcenter@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fscsofficecliamdept@mail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 00:08:48 +0100
Subject: Ref: FSCS/UKFCS20

Financial Services Compensation Scheme
10th Floor Beaufort House
15 St Botolph Street
London EC3A 7QU
www.fscs.org.uk

Ref: FSCS/UKFCS20

Dear Beneficiary,

We are somewhat surprised at not hearing from you and it seemed incredible
you have taken no notice of our letters. We have the pleasure in bringing
to your notice this FINAL letter once again as we were informed by our
paying bank that ,you have not received your FSCS payment of the sum of
US$6,250,000.00 and we have just verified your FSCS payment file as
informed and found out that your payment file is still open for claim.

As matter of urgent we would like you to inform us if you in anyway related
to Mr. Webster Andrew ,he has been contacting this office regarding your
payment, it may be your friend or relative and he presented all the
necessary information evidencing your fund purported to have been signed
personally by you prior to the release of your fund to him. However, do
reconfirm to this office if this person is from you so that this office
won't be held responsible but if not from you, you are hereby advised to
contact your assigned payment officer below for more payment arrangements
and directives on how your outstanding funds can be remitted to you in a
period not more than 14 working days and failure not get back to your
payment officer {P.O}for more directives will leave us with NO further
option rather than to call to the attention of the authority in charge for
payment confiscation.

PAYMENT OFFICE: FSCS Payment Claims Dept.

CONTACT PERSON: Mrs. Araminta Ratliff

CONTACT EMAIL: fscsofficecliamdept@mail.com

PLEASE TAKE NOTE, YOU HAVE A 100% GUARANTEE TO RECEIVE ABOVE MENTIONED FSCS
PAYMENT PROVIDED YOU STRICTLY ADHERE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. We believe your
reply will be of the utmost assistance to you. Thank you for your
cooperation and understanding.

Yours faithfully
Mrs. Isabella Brown
FSCS Payment Claims Dept.

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and the information it contains may be
privileged
and / or confidential. It is for the intended addressee (s) only. The
unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this email, or any
information it contains, is prohibited and could, in certain
circumstances, be a criminal offence. If you are not an intended
recipient, please notify us immediately. You should be aware that FSCS
monitors external emails in accordance with The Telecommunications
(Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications)
Regulations 2000 in order to protect its business interests. Financial
Services Compensation Scheme Limited 10th Floor Beaufort House, 15 St
Botolph Street, London EC3A 7QU. Registered in England & Wales No.
3943048 Switchboard: 020 7741 4110 .*********

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