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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: "INTERNET CRIMES" <info@internetcrimes.com>
Reply-To: <compesation.you@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:13:29 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

Attention Beneficiary,


I am Mr. Jeffery Hawkins, Director in charge of the compensation
to scam victims from the Internet Crimes Complaint Center
(IC3).Reports have reached our office by so many correspondence
on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various
Banks and Courier Companies across Europe to Africa and Asia to
keep paying recurrent and endless bills with nothing to show for
it and we have decided to put a stop to that and that is why the
IMF was appointed to monitor your transaction here in the USA and
Europe to ensure your compensation funds reach you.


After proper investigations at Western Union and Money Gram
Office, we found your name in their database among those that
have sent money to Nigeria and other countries, therefore we are
now working hand in hand with Western Union to track the
fraudsters down, do not respond to their communication any longer
to avoid falling victim because they are a threat to your
transfer.In this regard a meeting was held between the Board of
Directors of The Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3)
investigations and it was agreed that you will be compensated
with the sum of $10.5,000,000.00(Ten Million And Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) as compensation for losing money
to fraudsters in Nigeria and those countries and would be paid by
the U.N from Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division.

kindly contact Mr Corby Loghan, the USA delegate from IC3 via
email: compesation.you@outlook.com

Yours sincerely,
Jeffery Hawkins
Director In Charge,
Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3)

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