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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)
Reply-To: <jeffersonthomas-ups@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 16:27:40 -0600
Subject: OFFICIAL NOTICE

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

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider we
the (Federal Bureau of Investigation) urge you to treat it genuinely.

My name is Bence Richard, 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 superior to notify you about your compensation fund which has been 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 beneficiarys
receive there fund in his first hundred days in office. you are requried to send a valid ID or International Passport which will be use for
verification. send the ID to my office email at richardbence_2017 @ outlook.com

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.
CC. TO:
Supreme Court of the United States

U. S. Courts of Appeals
U. S. District Courts
U. S. Circuit Courts

Courts of Special Jurisdiction

Bankruptcy Courts
Court of Claims, 1855 - 1982
U. S. Court of Federal Claims, 1982 -
Customs Court, 1890 - 1980
U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1910 - 1982
U. S. Court of International Trade, 1980 -
Commerce Court, 1910 - 1913
Regards
Bence Richard
© 2017

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