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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: GLOBAL FINANCE <globalfinancebank111@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 23:01:54 +0100
Subject: A WAIVER APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU BY THIS OFFICE.

Sir,

A WAIVER APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU BY THIS OFFICE.

Due to on limited time given to us by the U.S FEDERAL RESERVE BANK for
your Fund Confiscation which must be on the Wednesday 5th day of April
2023 if you fail to pay the TRANSFER AUTHORIZATION PAYMENT CHARGES.

We have decided to assist you by given you a WAIVER payment of US$970
instead of the former charges which you could not be able to pay for
one reason or the other. for this reason, you are advised to contact
MR. KEN BLANCO the FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT AGENCY on the bellow
details and request for their bank co-ordinates and make this WAIVER
Approval payment immediately if you still ready to receive part of
your funds US$200,000.00 within 2 days, to have enough funds to pay
the balance and have full access to your balance payment fund of
US$62,300,000.00

Mr.Ken Blanco
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
2070 Chain Bridge Road,Vienna,VA 22182 USA.
Email: fincen.office@ficen.us

Thanks for banking with us, we are here at your service.

MRS.CAROLINE WHITE
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
GLOBAL FINANCE BANK.
8 CATHERINE ST,NEW YORK,NY 10038,UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DIRECT TELEPHONE NO:+1 332-230-9155

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