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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: "williams A. james" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <williams1111ames@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 16:19:46 +0100
Subject: Attention email owner!!

Attention email owner!!

This is to bring to your attention that we have obtained a classified document showing that you are a victim of scams. We are aware of your numerous dealings within and outside the country, most recently the email and phone communications between you and some people claiming to be Bankers, Diplomats, delivery Agents, from Middle East, Europe and Africa and with some collaborators here in the United States.

As a matter of fact, the only funds that the government has approved and made available to you is the one in federal reserve bank of St. Louis. If you are still sending out fees, BE WARNED that you are doing so at your own risk and nothing will ever be transferred or delivered by any other person or group except the individuals or groups mandated to do so. You need to stop dealing with any other person or company in regards to receiving your entitlement. We have looked into the various claims and found out that TRUTHFULLY you have unclaimed funds indeed, most of wish initially originated from lottery winnings and donations by sick individuals.

The sum total of your unclaimed funds are $28.85 Million USD put together and this funds have been approved worldwide by United Nations/World bank and IMF, of which the mandate to transfer has been given to the federal reserve bank in St. Louis under the supervision of David Sapenaro. Be advise once again that any money sent out to any other individual or group is a WASTE and you are doing so at your detriment.

Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you have attempted to fulfilling all the necessary obligations that will enable the release of your payment. Unfortunately, your payment was not released to you due to flimsy excuses from the Bank officials in charge of your payment, because they have the intention of diverting your funds to their private accounts in order to satisfy their selfish interest.

You are however lucky that we detected their evil plans and therefore call for the submission of your payment files to us so we can personally handle the payment assignment to ensure that you receive your funds accordingly.

Now all modalities regarding your funds release/transfer has been put in place here at the Reserve Bank, thus, your funds have been made ready for transfer in their sophisticated macro transfer system, so the only obligation you are to fulfill now in order to receive your $28,850,000.00 payment is to contact williams A. james the Chief Operation Officer federal reserve bank of St. Louis with your full details and request for transfer and pay the transfer processing charges of $375. During our meeting with officials it was agreed that the only charges to be paid upfront in order to effect the transfer is $375 USD, so you are advice to work together with your payment officer to ensure successful completion of your funds transfer.

You are to contact williams A. james the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis by email with the below information and make sure you forward your information to him such as full name, address and direct telephone number.

williams A. james
Chief Operation Officer
Email: williams1111ames@gmail.com
Phone: Phone: 314) 888-5478
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
One Federal Reserve Bank Plaza
Broadway and Locust Streets
St. Louis, Mo. 63102

You are WARNED to STOP further communication either by phone or email to with any other person or group. And we urge you to forward any email you receive to this office for verification and approval before you reply them.

Whatever this message contains is for you alone DO NOT share or forward this mail to any individual, because there are so many persons (criminals) on our list that are being hunted and this email must not get out to a third party for security reasons because you don't know who is who, if it does get to the wrong guy, this criminals will be very much at alert that we are trailing them and it will make their apprehension difficult for us.


Scott Smith
Executive Assistant Director
Cyber Division
FBI Headquarters
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Text (202) 810-0008

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