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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: office memo <officememo9@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 09:59:58 +0100
Subject: ATTN,FROM ICSID

Attn,
A compensation payment is being arranged for you by the ICSID/SEC to
compensate you for the loss you might have incurred in the pursuit of
your contract,lotto,or Inheritance payment with the government of some
West African countries and the UK so many years ago.I want to inform
you that your email account was retrieved from some fraudsters caught
who confessed having defrauded many foreigners some years ago and
after due consideration you were included for a compensation payment
while the culprits found guilt are right now in jail.

The present government,after due consideration and advise from the
ICSID,SEC,EU,UN and the AU decided that a compensation amount of
$1,750,000.00 should be paid to you and nine others each.We at the
ICSID and Securities and Exchange Commission have been charged to
assist in this by going through the Stock Exchange and Chamber of
commerce to trade stocks to raise capital for this compensation
Payment to you.

Its obvious that some of this hoodlums are presently at large.If you
have any dealings with such,you are advised to henceforth put a stop
and also disregard their mails from now onward.

Do respond as soon as Possible.Your interest to collect/receive this
compensation payment so that we can move on with the procedures.Reply
to my private email: willisgerry4untx@yahoo.com

Yours Faithfully.
Barr Gerald Williams Esq
(Debt Recovery Director international center for settlement of
investment disputes(ICSID)

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