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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: "Mr. Phillips Moore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dep.ntb764@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 11:31:30 -0700
Subject: WE URGENTLY NEED YOUR COOPERATION

Attention,
 
This is to officially brings to your notice that The Federal Bureau of Investigation under the International Operations hereby bring to your notice that there is a monetary transaction you are involved along with West Africans; Following an authorization by the Overseas Watch Desk this transaction has been investigated and a number of irregularities which are in violation to section 29-B (3) of the Domestic Monetary Laws has been found on your transaction. The evidence on hand can confirm that the reported irregularities were deliberate from the side of the group in West Africa, e.g. Ghana, Nigeria and other African countries.
 
The Scotland Yard Police, Interpol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States of America, the Economic and  Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria and all the African Crime  fighter leaders have come together to stop scam/internet fraud in Nigeria and all round Africa. We have recovered over US$2.6 Billion Dollars from the people we have behind bars.
 
Our duty is to make sure we stop internet scam and money laundering. As for today we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all over Africa to pick this internet rats, we have over 8,273 (inmates) of them in our jail around Africa and we are still looking for more. We are aware that a lot of foreigners out there have been deceived and lost their hard earn money to these fraudsters after promising them percentages in their letters/e-mails for their impending help to move funds out Africa including promise them love and marriage at the end of the day, they will collect thousands of dollars from you without a successful end. It was agreed that to retain the good image of our country and the rest of  African countries, all the victims who lost his/her hard earn money to these faceless thieves will be compensated with just US$500,000,00 (five hundred thousand Dollars).
 
Visit the YouTube link to view our success stories: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HisoVnqtMuI
 
This we assume will help you to start a new life.  Please, we apologies that you take our offer as little as it is due to the fact that (victims) in our pay list are too numerous. We en-back on this pay back from the money we recovered from these fraudsters
 
The following is required as part of your cooperation with us:
 
Ø  You should suspend further communication with all parties involved in this transaction
Ø  You must not call, neither email nor respond to calls from those involved
Ø  Submit to this office all the information you have about this transaction.
Ø  How much have you spent in this transaction and for which purpose?
Ø  Submit the recipient's account details to which you wired all money.
 
 
You are advice to contact Mrs. Katharine Walker, H.O.D Payment department, Northern Trust Bank, New York for further directives on how to receive your compensated sum within 48 hours.
 
Name: Mrs. Katharine Walker
E-mail: dep.ntb764@gmail.com
 
Note:  Compensation payment is valid within one week you received this email and you must provide valid information to prove your compliance to the ongoing investigation. Any false information from you or disobedient to the given instruction would suggest that you are in support of the reported irregularities and the rightful action would be taken against you with immediate effect.
 
 
Best Regards,
Mr. Phillips  Moore
Team Leader

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