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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: "U.S. Department of Justice" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:09:55 -0600
Subject: OFFICIAL NOTICE

J. Edgar. Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Nw Washington, D.C

Greetings,

My name is Richard Bence, am a special agents at the federal bureau of investigation, i do sincerely hope that you receive this email in good faith and good health. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this email confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email. I'm contacting you in respect to your compensation funds valued US$2.5 million dollar issue to you by the U.S Department of Treasury.

I have been instructed by my superiors to notify you about your compensation fund which is ready to be deposited with our reliable and paying bank falcon Private Bank. The 45th president of the United States of America has set up a special task force team to make sure all rightful beneficiaries receive their fund in his first hundred days in office. You are required to send me a valid ID or International Passport which will be use for verification. Send the ID to my office email at richardbence_2017@outlook.com
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Do disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM CARD, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with me, i will present my ID to you upon confirmation of the requested detail.

Regards
Bence Richard
Senior Administrative Office to the President
© 2017

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