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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: "Mrs. Jane Wilson" <info@lee.com>
Reply-To: jw0137003@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 10:40:40 -0700
Subject: [SPAM] FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Attn: Beneficiary.

Have you been Scammed before if YES please contact us for more investigation.

You have been dictated by our monitoring system for making fraudulent
and illegal transactions over internet with so many impostors. You are
now instructed to stop every further correspondence with the
person(s), failure to do so will lead to further jeopardy with the
release of your approved lottery inheritance compensation funds.

Therefore, we advice that you send to us every emails you receive from
them regarding your pending payment, to enable us confirm it's
authentication and guide you accordingly to facilitate your payment.

Contact Email: jw0137003@gmail.com

Contact phone number: +1 (201) 649 8132

Contact Name: Jane Wilson


Your urgent feed back is needed within 48hours to help our
verification team authenticate and validate your payment for immediate
release to you without any breach of the law.

You are advised to reconfirm the below information for proper
verification and validation of your payment claims document to
facilitate the immediate release of your funds.

Your Full Names:

Current Address:

Direct Phone Number:

Occupation:

Date of Birth:

I'D Card:

Anticipating your urgent response today.

Yours faithfully.

FBI Agent, Jane Wilson.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

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