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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: "Dr. David Williams" <mrkevinbrynerus@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drdavidw407@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 13:43:06 -0800
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?DID YOU AUTHORIZED HIM AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE??

United Nations Compensation Commission
12 Bridge Street London, Er4V 5JA United Kingdom
Our Ref: FGN/WB/MFA/Bank UK PLC/2022

OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Attn: Beneficiary

Your Long overdue Payment.

I saw your email (in the Central Computer among the list of
authorization of your owed payment through our most respected
financial institution (HSBC Bank).Management Department of HSBC BANK
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM In conjunction with the US Government.
Organization on foreign payment matters has empowered my bank after
much consultation and consideration, to handle all foreign payments
and release them to their appropriate beneficiaries Africa, Europe,
Asia Plus Middle east, Americans) among the list of individuals and
companies that your unpaid fund has been located to the HSBC BANK
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

Your email appeared among the beneficiaries, who will receive a
part-payment of allocated 5 Million GBP (Five Million, Great British
Pound Sterling)and has been approved already for months. You are
requested to get back to me for more direction and instruction on how
to receive your fund. However, we received an email from one
Ms.Dorothy Tan Samples who told us that she is your next of kin and
that you died in a car accident last week. He has also submitted his
account for us to transfer the fund to him including his International
passport; we want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to
confirm if you are dead or not. Please in confirmation that you are
still alive, you are advised to reconfirm the below listed information
to enable us facilitate an immediate payment for you.

1 Your full names
2 Your present contact address.
3 Your telephone & Fax numbers.
4 Your Occupations/age/sex.
5 Your Private Email Address.

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International
Monetary Fund) for failure to pay your funds in time, which according
to records in the system had been long overdue. You can contact us

We wish you the best of luck as you respond to this email.
Congratulations again from all staff of United Nations.

Yours Sincerely
Dr. David Williams

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