419 scam: William F. Sweeney, Jr. <test@SAMPLE.COM> CONGRATULATION !!! SCAMMED VICTIM COMPENSATION FUNS

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dr.howardkingfundclaim@citromail.hu (Citromail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: William F. Sweeney, Jr. <test@SAMPLE.COM>
Reply-To: rev.georgefundclaims@yandex.com
Date: 22 Oct 2022 18:19:40 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION !!! SCAMMED VICTIM COMPENSATION FUNS

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

Attn: Scam Victim (JOHN@KALBEQUIPMENT.COM)

This email is been sent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) in the United States of America and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has come together to stop scams/internet fraud. We arrested some internet fraudsters three months ago they listed your name as one of their victims, after promising you some huge amount of money will be transfer you as a result of winning Lottery, Coca-Cola winning lottery, BMW winning lottery, inhenritance all they want is to extort money from you. We have managed to recover some amount of money from all of the internet fraudsters we have put behind bars. my superior Christopher Wray the FBI Diretor has instructed me to contact some of the victims and compensate them with some money we recovered from these fraudsters.

We recovered over $58.14 billion United State Dollars from internet fraudsters and scammers this year (2021) all over the world, and several meetings were held over the past few months on how to distribute these $58.14 billion United State Dollars among these scammed victims we can find across the world, as a result of this development you have been luckily selected as one of the victims of these fraudsters and internet scammers, we the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) have agreed that you will be compensated with the sum of $2,500,000.00 two million five hundred thousand United States dollars.

You are advised to contact Dr. Howard King, the compensation unit director officer in possession of your fund with your details by filling out these forms and sending them to Dr. Howard king.

Full name:
Home address:
Phone number:
Nationality:
Present Country:
Age:
Occupation:
Alternative email:
Driver's license:

Contact person information
Dr. Howard king

Compensation Unit Director
Email: dr.howardkingfundclaim@citromail.hu
Phone: +1(405) 225-0219

As soon as Dr. Howard King receives your details he will process the necessary documentation needed for your funds to be transferred into your possession.

Making the world a better place!
kind regards,

God bless us all.

William F. Sweeney, Jr.
Assistant Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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