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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: CHRISTOPHER WRAY <lt.genaliyumohammed10103@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: drj.william11@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 02:36:05 -0700
Subject: ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION.

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON , D.C
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20535-0001

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

WE HAVE A MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA TODAY OVER YOUR LONG OVERDUE CONTRACT PAYMENT
AND WE INFORMED THEM THAT YOUR FUND SHOULD NOT COST YOU ANYTHING
BECAUSE IS YOUR MONEY WHICH WE FINALLY REACHED TO AGREEMENT THAT ALL
THE PAYMENT WILL BE PAID TO YOU VIA ATM SMART CARD BEEN THE SIMPLEST
WAY TO TRANSFER HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO AVOID COST OF TRANSFER AND
OTHER STATUTORY DOCUMENT TO THE UNITED STATES, DOCUMENT LIKE (UNITED
STATES PATRIOT ACT) WHICH WE STRETCHED TO HAVE A STRUNG AGREEMENT OVER
THE PAYMENT THAT IT WILL COST $850USD ONLY FOR DELIVERY OF THE ATM
SMART CARD DELIVERY AGENT.

I WANT YOU TO READ BELOW CAREFULLY, THE NOTICE BELOW STAND AS CAUTION
BEFORE IT IS LATE. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, YOU MUST BE CONSCIOUS OF
THIS PROJECT, AS I WILL SOON CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION WITH YOU, LET
THIS STAND AS A WARNING BEFORE YOU IN CASE YOU RECEIVED ANY E-MAILS OR
CALLS REGARDING TO THIS FROM ANY INDIVIDUALS CLAIMED TO BE ME, SUCH
CALLS OR E-MAILS FROM ANY ORGANIZATION TO YOU MUST BE FORWARDED TO ME
IMMEDIATELY, IT MIGHT COME TO YOU WITH DIFFERENT PROPOSALS WITH
DIFFERENT NAMES INCLUDING MY NAME ASKING YOU TO COME AND CLAIM YOUR
ESTATE OR EVEN FUNDS BELONGING TO YOU OR TO SOMEBODY YOU DO NOT KNOW,
I URGE YOU TO IGNORE SUCH E-MAILS OR CALLS, WHILE YOU FORWARD IT TO
US. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS
YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION, AGAIN WITHOUT THIS CODE (911)
DON’T GET BACK TO THIS OFFICE.

MOREOVER, FIRST BATCH OF YOUR CARD WHICH CONTAINS 3,000.000.00 MILLION
U.S. DOLLARS HAS BEEN ACTIVATED AND IS THE TOTAL FUND LOADED INSIDE
THE CARD. YOUR FUND WHICH IS IN TOTAL 10,500.000.00 MILLION U.S
DOLLARS WILL COME IN BATCHES OF 3,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS AND
THIS IS THE FIRST BATCH.

YOUR PAYMENT WOULD BE DELIVER TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS BY APPROVE
DIPLOMATIC AGENT WORKING UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.

HOWEVER, WE HEREBY ADVISED YOU BASED ON OUR
RECOMMENDATION/INSTRUCTIONS, YOUR COMPLETE CONTRACT/INHERITANCE
OVER-DUE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY UPON YOUR CONTACT TO THE
NEWLY APPOINTED PAYMENT OFFICER THAT WILL HAND OVER YOUR CARD TO THE
DELIVERY AGENT, YOU ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO CONTACT DR JAMES WILLIAM
APPOINTED AGENT WITH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW.

CONTACT PERSON: DR JOHN WILLIAM
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: (drj.william11@gmail.com)

YOU'RE ADVISED TO CONTACT HIM IMMEDIATELY SO AS TO ENABLE HIM
FACILITATE THE SPEEDY PROCESSING AND RELEASE OF YOUR DELIVERY SINCE IS
THE ONLY $580USD THAT IS KEEPING YOUR CARD THEIR IN AFRICA. CONTACT
HIM WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS REFER TO ABOVE.

NOTE: YOU'RE ADVISED TO FURNISH THE NEWLY APPOINTED PAYMASTER GENERAL
OF THE FEDERATION WITH YOUR CORRECT AND VALID DETAILS TO ENABLE HIM
EXPEDITE SPEEDY ACTION ON THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PAYMENT. WE EXPECT
YOUR SWIFT RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL TO ENABLE US MONITOR THIS PAYMENT
DELIVERY EFFECTIVELY THEREBY MAKING CONTACT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND AS DIRECTED TO AVOID FURTHER DELAY.

YOU’RE ALSO EXPECTED TO FOLLOW HIS ADVICE AND DIRECTIVES TO AVOID
DELAY IN RELEASING YOUR PAYMENT BECAUSE YOUR PAYMENT FILE HAS ALREADY
BEEN MOVED TO HIS OFFICE FOR PROCESSING AND VERIFICATION.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOURS IN SERVICE,
CHRISTOPHER WRAY.

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