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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: SURROGATE COURT <premiersecurites09@gmail.com>
Reply-To: surrogate_c2022@qualityservice.com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:22:31 -0600
Subject: OVERDUE PAYMENT RELEASED. FINALLY, YOUR FUND IS NOW HERE IN THE USA
AWAITING TO BE SHIPPED TO YOUR ADDRESS.


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SURROGATE COURT NEW YORK COUNTY (MANHATTAN)
31 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK, NY 10007 USA.


OVERDUE PAYMENT RELEASED. FINALLY, YOUR FUND IS NOW HERE IN THE USA
AWAITING TO BE SHIPPED TO YOUR ADDRESS.

Greetings from the Surrogate Court Manhattan New York USA.

The reconciliation of accounting data to budgetary data is required under
Government Code (GC) sections 124 and 344. GC 260 requires information in
the State Controller’s Budgetary/Legal Basis Annual Report to account for
funds on the same basis as that of the applicable Governor’s Budget. GC
13344 requires departments to prepare and maintain financial and accounting
data for the Governor’s Budget and related documents,and the
Budgetary/Legal Basis Annual Report described in GC 12460, according to the
methods and bases provided in regulations,budget letters,and other
directives of the Department of Finance (Finance). By law,the year
(2022/2023) financial reports must be prepared consistent with the
applicable budget. Information provided to Finance for the Governor’s
Budget must be consistent with information provided to the State
Controller’s Office (SCO) for the Budgetary/Legal Basis Annual Report. The
following instructions will assist Departmental accounting and budget staff
to reconcile 2022/2023 financial reports to budget schedules in accordance
with government code and state policy. Sequel to the above
specifications,the management of the Fund Reconciliation Department here in
New York City USA,wishes to let you know that every precept regarding your
funds has been concluded. You will be receiving your funds from this
Surrogate Court 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. We noticed that the only real offices that had ever contacted
you in respect to your funds were the United Nations and Federal Reserve
Bank of New York.

It was brought to our notice that the former Ambassador to the republic of
Benin,Ambassador James Knight,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 up with the fee demanded 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 us,Fund Reconciliation Department to allow
you receive your fund through a written Banker's draft or be 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 Bank of Nigeria, United Bank for Africa Benin Republic,Bank of
America and Nat west bank London UK. In total,your funds were amounting to
the tune of Ten Million One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
($10.100,000.00). As I write to you,your funds have been credited in your
ATM Visa Card and also available as Banker's Draft well documented and
packaged. The documented package will be shipped to your mailing address by
the USA Priority Express Mail here in NY,USA. The only thing you are
required to do before we can POST your ATM CARD or Bank draft to you is the
PROCUREMENT FILE of your funds. The procurement file is at the Origin
Country 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 $175.00 for Procurement. 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 USD 175.00 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 US$175.00 The USD 175.00
is for "PROCUREMENT FEE" (That is for a lawyer to sign your file on your
behalf) and send the file to us here to enable us POST your loaded ATM CARD
or the WRITTEN BANKER'S DRAFT to your mailing address via Priority Express
Mail without any hitch. Therefore,the days of you being subjected to paying
Double Payment,paying again and again is over as that is the case with some
corrupt officials down there in Africa,who always strife to subject
beneficiaries to hard bureaucratic bottlenecks,thereby making it impossible
for most innocent citizens spread across the globe and the likes to claim
what rightfully belongs to them. Be happy now that your funds are here in
NEW YORK SURROGATE COURT USA and so we decided to follow the USA
constitutions so as to ensure that your money is in your hands this week.
Without mincing words,it will be desirous if you consciously adhere to the
above instruction by remitting the PROCUREMENT FEE calculated to be
US$175.00 down to our office here so that your ATM CARD or Check depending
on your choice could be shipped to your home address as soon as your
arrives our office here. The,PROCUREMENT FEE of USD 175.00 is PAYABLE in
Three payment options:

(1) WORLD REMIT MONEY TRANSFER
(2) APPLE CARDS
(3) BITCOIN

We hope for your immediate positive response to enable us to get this done
in time,once you make the payment to enable a speedy Shipment of your Check
or ATM Visa Card to your home address consider this done. Kindly Still
Update Us With the following:

1. Your Name which you prefer we use when shipping your Banker's draft or
ATM visa card
2. Your Current mailing (Delivery) Address where your Banker's draft should
be mailed
3. Your Private Mobile Number for the Priority Express Mail to Contact you
when they arrive at your doorstep.

Kindly note that now that this office,Fund Reconciliation Department, is
involved,you will not be let down as soon as you adhere to the above given
instructions.

Regards,
HON. PATRICK DENNIS
ADMINISTRATIVE CHIEF JUDGE,
SURROGATE COURT NEW YORK COUNTY (MANHATTAN)
31 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK, NY 10007 USA.

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