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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: "Dr.Reuben Johnson" <"www."@room.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr.Reuben Johnson" <financialconductauthoritylond@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:19:25 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Financial Conduct Authority London UK

Financial Conduct Authority London UK
Our Ref: UN/FCA7-02U
From Desk Of Dr.Reuben Johnson
Director.




Good Morning Dear ,

We wish to congratulate and inform you that after thorough review of
all unclaimed Contract, Inheritance, Lottery funds, etc in conjunction
with the World Bank and the United Nations auditors report, your
payment file was forwarded to our office for review and immediate
payment of your long delayed funds starting with a first installment
transfer of US$25,000,000 [Twenty five Million Dollars ]to your
bank account.Other transfer will follow immediately you confirm that
this first transfer of $25,000,000 is already in your bank
account.Your transfer is shifted to London here for safety purposes so
that this Africa criminals and their Asia counterparts will not have
access anymore to take advantage of you! The total sum which we are to
transfer to your bank account is US$50,000 million Dollars but first
installment transfer will be $25,000,000 only.

The Audit report shows that you have been going through hard times by
paying a lot of money to dubious officials for the release of your
funds. We therefore advice that you stop further communication with
any correspondence outside this office because you do not have to pay
any money or fee to receive your funds.




This first installment transfer of US$25,000,000 will be credited to
your submitted bank account within 3 working days and telex
confirmation forwarded to you and your bankers for confirmation.





For further details and the immediate transfer of the US$25,000,000
to your bank account, kindly send your telephone number to my office
email.


Once again Congratulations.





Yours faithfully,





Dr.Reuben Johnson

Financial Conduct Authority

25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, UK


FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY LONDON UK
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FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY LONDON UK
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