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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: ivanbosley5@gmail.com
Reply-To: gregpompay42@gmail.com
Date: 21 Sep 2022 09:08:58 -0700
Subject: YOUR CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT OF USD 5MILLION HAS BEEN VERIFIED

Our Ref: FGN/FBI-NG/07/22

Your Ref: ..............................???

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,

I am Brian Walkers Pompay, from the United States of America,
sent to Nigeria to take care of the compensation fund for
recovery and settlement mainly on Lottery, Inheritance and
Contract payments.

The recent meeting of world economic leaders in Davos Switzerland
agreed with African leaders present that there is no need for
compensation to the above category of victims in other to qualify
African countries for debt forgiveness from the G20 and G8
countries,

The compensation is to be made by the Federal Government of
Nigeria and some other bodies like the Nigeria National Petroleum
Co-operation (NNPC), Dagote Group of Companies (DGC), Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Finance, due
to the scam the citizens of Nigeria and other West African
countries has done on the internet.

The selection of the people to be compensated was made randomly
via internet, so if you receive this mail that means you have
been selected among the lucky ones to receive the sum of FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS (USD 5 MILLION).

Note that all necessary documentation to make the withdrawal of
the fund legal and free from any breach of the law has been made
by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the FBI, all you have to
do now is to contact me with the following information for the
claim of your fund.

YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS:
YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER:
YOUR SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR COUNTRY:

I will advise you make sure your fund gets to you through the
normal process to avoid any problem in future, so please you have
to abide to all information as directed.

Thanks,

FBI AGENT
Brian Walkers Pompay

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