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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: "Mr. Jones Griffith" <johngriffithjons20150@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fca.uk@indamail.hu
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:06:06 +0100
Subject: We, Financial Conduct Authority

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Dear Hello,

We, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was mandated by Bank of England
to release all outstanding/long overdue Payment.

You are hereby advised to provide the following details to enable us
release your long overdue payment without further delay.

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR FULL ADDRESS
3. YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER
4. AMOUNT EXPECTED
5. PURPOSE OF PAYMENT
6. YOUR IDENTITY
7. NAME OF BANK/LAWYER/OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF YOUR TRANSACTION.
8. YOUR FULL BANK DETAILS.

Feel free to Reply to my private email address:- (fca.uk@indamail.hu)
OR call me on my private phone number immediately for more
clarifications-: + 4474 5239 2015

Mr. Jones Griffith
Chairman, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
United Kingdom

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