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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: "Rev Fr. Jacob Lew" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <us_treasury@accountant.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:57:07 +0100
Subject: USA Compensation Scheme

USA COMPENSATION FUND OFFICE (UCFO)
(The fight against fraud, funds delay and impersonation).
Head Office: The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20500 (USA)
*************24HRS SERVICE ***************

Attn:

LETTER OF COMPENSATION/SETTLEMENT.
SCAMMED VICTIM/ $3.5million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: US/06654

We are delegated from the United Nations to Bank of America to pay 100 Nigerian/World 419 scammed victims $3.5million each, you were listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $3.5million compensation fund.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last US Compensation Organization meetings held at New York NY with Barack Obama United States Of American past President, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the loss of funds by various foreigners to the scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in order to retain the good image of the country, the president of the Country is now paying 100 victims of this operators $3.5million each.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Pacific Finance Company Plc under funding assistance by the Bank of America. According to the number of applicants at hand, 80 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and Asia, we have utabo 20 beneficiaries left to be paid their compensation of $3.5million each.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason or whatsoever, the US/FBI secret service is already on trace of the criminal for more vital information.

You will receive your compensation payment via an ATM CARD PAYMENT not a WIRE TRANSFER; I shall feed you with further information once I hear from you.

Remain blessed.
Yours faithfully,
Rev Fr. Jacob Lew.

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