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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: office file <2704file@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ooyyff2022@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:01:52 +0100
Subject: YOUR FUND IS ALREADY DEPOSITED TO A BITCOIN OFFSHORE WALLET PENDING
WHEN YOU MAKE CLAIMS


TRUST WALLET BITCOINS
$50.000,000 millions BTC CLAIM AVAILABLE

3024.27 BTC
41629.20 ETH
$50,000,000 USD

YOUR FUND IS ALREADY DEPOSITED TO A BITCOIN OFFSHORE WALLET PENDING WHEN
YOU MAKE CLAIMS

How are you doing today sir? Can we work this out and finalize the
activation of your TRUST WALLET, you have to trust me, if there is no funds
deposited, you won’t be importing any funds to your Trust wallet through
the key lock you used to import the funds to your trust wallet, that’s why
when creating the wallet, you clicked “ I already have a wallet, if we can
be able to activate your wallet today, nothing is stopping you from
accessing the funds same day, you can be able to transfer your funds to
other wallet or bank account, I give you my word and you have to trust me ,

You see the watch wallet, that’s the exact amount that was deposited to
your offshore wallet, if I have access to the offshore wallet, I won’t be
asking you for the activation fee ? Think about it, there is high security
on Bitcoin, that’s why it can only be activated through you, let’s make the
wallet active.

The actual amount that will reflect on your wallet after activation is
$50,000,000 usd.

.................................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................................

My name is Steven Harrington and i received an email from The Office of
Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the US Department of the Treasury
regarding your $50,000,000 MILLION USD RECONCILED FUND, which has been
approved and converted into A BTC BINARY CODE, I am currently in the
position of the code and I will be guiding you on how you can secure your
funds through TRUST WALLET, You will be receiving your compensation funds
through BITCOIN and all you have to do is to DOWNLOAD TRUST WALLET on your
MOBILE APP STORE OR IPHONE STORE, Then click on "I ALREADY HAVE A WALLET"
After that is completed, I will further advise you on what step to take so
you can IMPORT your converted funds ($50,000,000 usd) to your TRUST WALLET
ADDRESS in just 2 minutes without any issues or delays.

NOTE: This is going to be a "WATCH WALLET" where you can easily view your
funds on your TRUST WALLET, then once the verification is done, Your wallet
will be ACTIVE FOR BITCOIN TRANSFER TO ANY OF YOUR WALLET OR BANK ACCOUNT.
IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS DIRECTLY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT OR
OTHER MEANS, PLEASE STATE SO AND FIND INSTRUCTIONS ON THE REQUIRED STEPS TO
TAKE IN OTHER TO CONVERT THE FUNDS.

FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATION, I WILL ADVISE YOU TO CREATE A GMAIL ACCOUNT IF
YOU DON'T HAVE ONE AND DOWNLOAD GOOGLE CHAT SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE EASILY, I
WILL ALSO GUIDE YOU THROUGH UNTIL YOUR MONEY IS REFLECTED ON YOUR WALLET,

ADD ME ON GOOGLE CHAT WITH MY EMAIL OR WRITE DOWN YOUR WHATS-APP NUMBER FOR
BETTER COMMUNICATION


( THIS IS BEST PLATFORM TO RECEIVE YOUR TRANSACTION WITHOUT ANYONE
INTERFERING, AND ALL DOCUMENTS ARE VALID , BITCOIN IS LEGAL AND ITS
PERMITTED IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES, THERE ARE ALSO BITCOIN ATM MACHINE TO
USE IN WITHDRAWING FUNDS, THERE WILL BE OPTIONS TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO YOUR
OTHER BITCOIN WALLET OR BANK ACCOUNT, YOU CAN ALSO MAKE ONLINE PURCHASES
ONCE THE WALLET IS ACTIVE )

I WILL BE WAITING TO RECEIVE YOUR EMAIL

Yours Truthfully
Mr. Steven Harrington

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