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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- jp272270@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: vlad6243@gcn.ua
Reply-To: jp272270@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:26:59 -0700
Subject: Attention

BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has recently become aware of a
fraud involving its name and an alleged sweepstakes with the Publisher's
Clearing House. Fraudsters call individuals claiming they have won
millions of dollars from the Publisher's Clearing House. The victims are
told the winnings are being held in an account at the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, and that in order to receive the money they must pay a
fee and/or taxes in advance. After the victim wires the funds for these
false expenses, they will lose their money. They will never receive any
winnings, as this is a scam and this program does not exist.We have been
working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa
with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) United Nations
(UN), European Union (EU) and FBI.

We have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of
African countries which includes (Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and
Senegal with cote d'ivoire ) and they are all in Government custody now,
they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice.
During the course of investigation, they were able to recovered some
funds from these scam artists and IMF have ordered the funds recovered
to be shared among the 3 Lucky people listed around the World as a
compensation. This notice is been directed to you because your email
address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard-disk
while the investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore
being compensated with sum of $15.5 Million.now we advice you to
rcomfirm your follow information to enable us proceed your fund to you.

FULL NAME===========
HOME ADDRESS========
CONTACT INFORMATION (TEL.)1====
OTHERS==============

Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions, while I wait
to hear from you today with your information.

Yours in Services

Mr Jerome Powell the Chairman Federal Reserve Bank New York.USA
email ( jp272270@gmail.com )

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