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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Christopher A. Wray" <pro.69@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "abdulnour0018@gmail.com" <abdulnour0018@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 15:35:49 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND 2019
ATTN: SCAM VICTIMS
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D.C (FBI) wrote to inform
you that we operate 56 field offices in major cities through out the United
States of America many of these offices are further subdivided into smaller
resident agencies which have jurisdiction over a specific area. These
resident agencies are considered to be
part of the primary field offices. FBI Headquarters, located in Washington
D.C. The FBI have purposely create an email in order for us to contact you
personally, soon we will provide you with a line you can reach us with for
more information about this compensation funds.
Our mission is to help protect you, your communities, and your businesses
from the most dangerous threats facing our nationâfrom international and
domestic terrorists to spies on U.S. soilâ¦from cyber villains to corrupt
government officialsâ¦from mobsters to violent gangsâ¦from child predators to
serial killers.
In order for us to secure and protect your information's against
impostor/impersonators. You are to contact the CITI BANK below information
with your email address .
Mr John C. Gerspach (Chief Financial Officer Citigroup)
PHONE/SMS: 1 (980) 389-0864 )
YOURS IN SERVICE,
FBI DIRECTOR. Christopher A. Wray

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