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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: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK <estherchigozie89@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fr3217917@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 19:58:21 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS FROM FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your notice that we have added a new and cheaper
option for receiving your funds and this option might interest you.
This credit union has partnered with a new Crypto company called
"KARTAN INVESTMENT COMPANY".

All you're requested to do is to get back to us in order to send you
the account opening link for you to sign up on KARTAN INVESTMENT
website.

Once your account is active, the Credit Union will upgrade your total
$15,500.000 into your crypto account with KARTAN INVESTMENTS COMPANY.

The benefit is this, you can either decide to withdraw your total
funds to your regular bank account without any hassles or withdraw a
part and leave some part as an investment with the company which will
keep generating a certain percentage of returns, ranging from 5% to
10% daily.

Kindly get back to us for further inquiries, and to also clear
anything that appears confusing to you.

Regards.
Mr.John .C. Williams

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