419 scam: "Official Message." <adikinibabraphiona@gmail.com> RECEIVE YOUR USD5,000,000.00 COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT TODAY.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "fund beneficiary" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Official Message." <adikinibabraphiona@gmail.com>
Reply-To: james.fogg43@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 12:31:54 +0300
Subject: RECEIVE YOUR USD5,000,000.00 COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT TODAY.

New Global Settlement/Payment Center,

Dear Fund Beneficiary,

RECEIVE YOUR USD5,000,000.00 COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT TODAY.

We are pleased to inform you that we have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters (scam Artists) in Africa with the help of
the Africa Anti Crime Cyber Security Team, the International Police
(Interpol) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). We have been
able to track down many of this scam artists in various parts of
African countries, Asian countries, European countries and the United
States, which includes (Nigeria, Benin Republic, South Africa, UAE,
United Kingdom, Spain, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all
in Government custody now, awaiting to appear at the International
Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud
Justice.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover a
huge amount of money from these scam artists. The United Nations
Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have
ordered that the money recovered from the Scammers should be shared
among 50 Lucky people around the World for compensation. This
Email/Letter has been directed to you because your email address and
country name were found in one of the scammer artist's files and
computer hard-disk. It is possible that you are one of his victims,
and or you might have not been scammed, nevertheless, you are still
qualified to receive the compensation fund. You are therefore being
compensated with the sum of USD5,000,000.00 (Five Million United
States Dollars). We have scheduled your payment to be paid to you
through bank transfer to your designated bank account. To facilitate
release of the above mentioned funds, you are urged to contact the
payment officer, who has been assigned to handle the transfer of the
said fund to your bank account. We have instructed the payment officer
to open a private email address with a new number to enable us to
monitor the payment process.

At this juncture, you are advised to contact the payment officer now
via the contact details below::

Contact person:: James Fogg
Email address::

Furthermore, it is also important you provide the information listed
on this email for rectification and authentication of some
abnormalities observed on your payment file.

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Cell/Mobile Number:

Thank you for your understanding and best of luck with your
compensation fund payment.

Have a pleasant day.

Yours in Service.
Mrs. Patricia F. May
Information Officer

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