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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: "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION" <infor@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: federalbureauo94@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 07:45:57 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS DEAR LOTTERY WINNER.

ATTENTION DEAR LOTTERY WINNER,

This email has been issued to you in order to officially inform you that The federal bureau of investigation (FBI) have completed the investigation on an International lottery Payment which was issued to you by the International Lottery Company with the help of the newly developed technology IMNS (International Monitoring Network System) The federal bureau of investigation (FBI) has discovered this through an online intelligence-monitoring network system that your email address was automatically selected online by the lottery winning System. This has legally won you the sum of $14.5,000,000.00 (Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), From a Notional Lottery Company outside the United States, Your Lottery Winning Funds is 100% risk free and legal.

Contact Mr CHRISTOPHER A. WRAY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) WASHINGTON DC. on the below information for more directive on how to claim your Lottery Winning Funds,
Email: federalbureauo94@gmail.com
Tel: +1 (202) 860-3726

Congratulations once more!

BEST REGARDS,
THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION(FBI).
Washington, D.C UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.

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