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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: Mrs Lilian Alexander <chinedumd30@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrslilianalexander071@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:58:04 -0800
Subject: HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS

SUPREME COURT OF UNITED STATES.
1 First St NE, Washington, DC 20543, USA
From: John Roberts, of the United States
Fund Order : $5.500,000.00

Urgent Attention Beneficiary!!

Sequel to the above specifications, the management of the Fund
Reconciliation Department here in Washington, DC USA, wishes to let
you know that your fund worth a total amount of $5.5 million is long
overdue payment, every precept regarding your funds has been
concluded. You will be receiving your funds from this Supreme Court
Office any moment from now. We take, keep and make reports of every
transaction done here in the USA. Investigations gathered by the Fund
Regulatory Agency {IMF}, shows you have been receiving numerous emails
from several offices requesting you to claim your funds. In some
cases, you tried a lot but still the transfer or delivery was not
completed due to one reason or the other. The fact is that you are
stuck between the chains which make it impossible for you to
differentiate the real office from its counterfeit. I know you will be
expecting to hear from me regarding this delivery after the last
attempt to get it over. The fact is that I understand you're been into
so many transactions and I decided to stay clear so that you will
understand the truth about everything going on within the internet.

We noticed that the only real offices that had ever contacted you in
respect to your funds were the United State Embassy Airport Authority
and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It was brought to our notice
that Charles Colocino made a voluntary effort to bring your funds
along to your home address but couldn't due to some fall-out on your
ends. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York came up to make a wire
transfer but they said you couldn't meet the fee demand for the
transfer, so they gave up on you. In a more proper and legalized
manner, the International Monetary Fund and the Federal Reserve Bank
solicited the Fund Reconciliation Department to allow your fund to be
written as a Check or Credited as a Visa Card and be shipped to your
home address through the USA Priority Express Mail. These options, we
supposed, could be the best, easiest and the most efficient way to
have you get hold of your long-awaited United Nations approved funds.

Like you were told by the Federal Reserve Bank aforementioned, your
funds were transferred from about four different banks; Central Banks,
United Bank of Africa , Bank of America and Nat west bank London. In
total, your funds were amounting to the tune of $10.5 Million United
State Dollars As we speak, your funds have been credited in your Visa
Card and also available as Cashier's Check well documented and
packaged. The documented package will be shipped to your mailing
address by the USA Priority Express Mail here in Washington, DC, USA.
The ONLY thing needed before we can POST your package is the
PROCUREMENT FILE of your funds.

For the purpose of avoiding double payment on your end, we had an
agreement with the IMF and Federal Reserve to document every charge
necessary until the package gets to your home address. The analytical
group of the two offices mentioned above had an accurate sum of
$350.00 for the Procurement file. So, it was constituted and
officially submitted to the "Court of Justice" that the ONLY charge
you will EVER pay before your package leaves our office here in USA to
your home address is $350.00 for your Procurement File to be signed
and conveyed down here in the USA and YOU WILL NEVER pay a dime again
as agreed. We are renowned and reputable USA Agency and we don't like
an undocumented process that is why it had to be written down in Court
that you will never pay any other money apart from the $350.00 The fee
is for "PROCUREMENT FEE" (That is for someone to sign your file on
your behalf) so that you will have the Power of Attorney to stand in
and sign on your behalf so that we can sign and bring along your
PROCUREMENT FILE to us here to enable us POST your Consignment package
or WRITTEN CHECK to your mailing address via Priority Express Mail
without any hitch.

Therefore, the days of you being subjected to paying twice Double
Payment is over as that is the case with some corrupt officials down
there in Africa, whom always strife to subject beneficiaries to hard
bureaucratic bottleneck, thereby making it impossible for most
innocent citizens spread across the globe and the likes to claim what
rightfully belongs to them. Thank GOD that your funds are here in
COURT, and so we decided to follow the USA constitutions so as to
ensure that your money is in your hands within 48 hours . Without
mincing words, it will be desirous if you consciously adhere to the
above instruction by remitting the PROCUREMENT FEE calculated to be
$350.00 down to this office so that your fund package or you’re Check
depending on your choice, could be shipped to your home address .

Due to the urgency of this matter, you are advised to get back to us
with requesting for the payment details where to send the fee.

We hope for your immediate positive response so we can provide you the
details where you can make the payment to enable a speedy shipment of
your package to your home address.

PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR PREFERRED CHOICE OF PAYMENT BELOW:

1. ATM CARD
2. CERTIFIED BANK CHECK
3. CONSIGNMENT BOX
4. WIRE BANK TRANSFER

Yes, we are sorry for the inconveniences you might have encountered in
the past, in pursuit of your funds. Now that this office, Fund
Reconciliation Department, is involved, you will have no cause to ever
regret again as long as you adhere to the above given instructions.

Regards,
Yours Faithfully,
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF UNITED STATES.
HON. JOHN G. ROBERTS JR
Phone : +1 (518) 833 4031

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