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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: "Mr. James Joseph Jrl" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.james.joseph.jr.09@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:02:38 -0700
Subject: ***SPAM*** Attention.


Attention.

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU that Your covid -19 compensation PAYMENT IN THE
AMOUNT OF US$2.500,000 ( Two Million Five Hundred United State
Dollars) was legally approved by the covid -19 settlement department
and deposited was made few days ago with Bank of The West
Branch,Address. 810 W. schultz Rd Tracy Ca 95376 USA, and it was
deposited in your name by the covid -19/compensation committee of the
Executive Directors Of World Bank Group in conjunction with the
European Union Board Of Directors, and they instructed us to credit
this fund direct to your private bank account with immediate effect,

Meanwhile, the good news about your fund now is that your compensation
payment file with some of the legal documents backing this fund has
been forwarded to the Federal Ministry Of Finance for final approval,
And we shall proceed with the transfer immediately we hear from you
because we were mandated to transfer this fund to you as one of the
beneficiary whose the name is listed in the World Bank foreign debts
settlement/compensation

However, Please note that Bank of The West have decided and agreed
together to send this payment to you by either bank wire transfer or
by online bank transfer services depending the option you would prefer
to receive this fund for security purpose, so you are therefore
advised to quickly get back to the management of this bank and let us
know the option you choose to have your fund credited into your
account to enable us proceed with the claim process of your fund.

We await your immediate response with your information below to enable
this bank to proceed immediately with the transfer of your fund as we
were directed.


Full Name....................
Home Address.................
Valid Phone number............
city ........
State........
Country...............
Date of Birth
Any Of Your Identity Card........
Occupation ........

Kindly get back to us by reconfirming your full information.
Thank you, God Bless .

Mr. James Joseph Jr
Bank Branch Manager
Your covid -19 compensation PAYMENT

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