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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: Admin Office <washingtond736@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 04:04:34 -0700
Subject: Debt Reconciliation Committee (Payment Advice)

From: Mr. Thomas Edwards
Debt Reconciliation Committee
(Sub-The Economic Affairs Committee)
Address: Houses of Parliament, Parliament Sq,
London SW1A 0PW, United Kingdom
Tel: +447418372363

FUND TRANSFER MODALITIES

Good day! In my previous letter to you, I informed you that the World
Bank accredited Attorney Mr. Patrick Leahy, succeeded in obtaining all
the required and necessary documents and certificates that are
required for the immediate transfer of your approved fund of
$7,500,000.00 USD in your name and favor.

To be clear, It has been more than 5 days now that I sent you the
letter and document, and I am yet to receive acknowledgement of the
letter or even a response to it with your signature on the affidavit
of Change of Ownership document from HM Court services, London UK.
Like I explained in my last letter that this document is one of the
documents and certificates that was obtained by the Attorney and these
documents and certificates VALIDATES your ownership of the
Inheritance fund valued $7,500,000.00 USD which is available in the
payment bank

If you wish to continue with this transaction and claim the fund, you
are expected to ACT immediately and print out the HM COURT DOC, sign
it and send it back to me, so I can direct the attorney to proceed
with application of the AML Certificate processing and issuance from
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations (UN) as
required by the British Government before this fund transfer is
allowed to leave the bank into your nominated bank account.

For record purpose, I need you to re-confirm the following details;

a) Your full name
b) Residential address
c) Bank name, address,account number, routing number, account name etc
d) Scanned copy of VALID International passport/ ID card
e) Name, address, email, telephone and ID card of Next of Kin

I will await your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Thomas Edwards
Committee Chairman

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