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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: JP Morgan Chase Bank of New York <brainsteven951@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamiedimon998@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:06:19 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR

--
WE WHISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE AND MANAGEMENT OF JP
MORGAN CHASE BANK HAS FINALIZED AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN IMMEDIATE
TRANSFER ORDER BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE UNITED NATIONS
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT MR. JOE BIDEN, TO TRANSFER YOUR OVERDUE FUNDS TO
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, THE APPROVED THE SUM OF USD$10,000,000 (TEN
MILLION STATES DOLLARS ONLY ) BY THIS FOLLOWING MEANS OF CHOICE

THE WORLD BANK GROUP HAS MANDATED THE JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, VIA MY
OFFICE TO RELEASE FUNDS TO BENEFICIARY THROUGH A MEANS PREFERABLE BY
THE BENEFICIARY, HENCE YOUR NAME APPEARS AS ON OF THE BENEFICIARIES
WHO THEIR FUNDS WAS SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED FOR THE PAYMENT

YOUR MONEY WILL BE RELEASE TO YOU THROUGH A MEANS PREFERABLE BY TO
AVOID PAYING EXCESS CHARGES, FINALLY YOU ADVISED TO RE-CONFIRM THESE
TO US.

YOUR FULL NAME.........................
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS............................
YOUR OCCUPATION.........................................
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER..................................

MOST IMPORTANTLY BE AWARE THAT (TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY
USD 10,000,000) WAS ALLOCATED TO YOU AS APPROVED AMOUNT DUE TO
THERE'RE TWO OPTIONS TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS ( 1) PAYMENT THROUGH
DELIVERY OF ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS (2) BANK WIRE TRANSFER, THEN YOU
HAVE TO CHOOSE ON THE TWO OPTIONS ABOVE.

BE ALSO INFORMED THAT ALL THE DOCUMENT REGARDING THE APPROVAL AND
AUTHORIZATION HAS BEEN ISSUED IN YOUR NAME, THEREFORE BE AWARE THAT
YOUR FUNDS HAS BEEN OBTAINED ALL THE CLEARANCE TO BE RELEASED TO YOU

EMAIL ADDRESS : [jamiedimon998@gmail.com]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU

MR JAMIE DIMON
ACCOUNT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MEMBER OF OPERATING COMMITTEE OF JP MORGAN

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