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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: Felix Don <felixdon460@gmail.com>
Reply-To: GlobalDebtreconcilCommission@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:47:31 -0800
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION MY DEAR

GLOBAL CONTRACT /INHERITANCE PAYMENT REVIEW EMISSARY
FOREIGN DEBT RECONCILIATION COMMISSION.
SITTING IN TALLINN CITY ESTONIA
Date: 24th November, 2020.

Dear Beneficiary.

Consequent to the reports and numerous complaints made to the United
Nations, World Bank, and African Union authorities by many Foreign
contractors and inheritors of Funds to impose sanction and close
credit links to governments of some corrupt countries in world as a
result of unjust delays and non-remittance of contracts,inherited and
won lottery funds
that are legitimately owed to them, in consonant with the incessant
nefarious activities of
some corrupt Directors in their Governmental Ministries, and Banking
institutions who
engages themselves in the illicit act of extorting illegitimate and
unending fees from foreign beneficiaries of fund for their selfish
interest, without transferring the said funds to their beneficiaries.

It was in view of the above ugly development that the Secretary
General of the United
Nation, Mr. António Guterres and the World Bank Delegates after a
bilateral crucial meeting
held on 20TH November 2020, during which the head of administration
of these countries,
representatives of association of countries Central banks and Human
Right Renaissance
Legion unanimously set up the Global Contract and Inheritance Payment
review Emissary's
Foreign Debt reconciliation commission to study, verify and re
-approve the entire affected foreign beneficiaries Payment files.

Please be informed that during our routine scrutiny and verification
of your entire official papers of fund claim as contained in your
approved payment file, it was certified that you are the true
beneficiary of your approved legitimate fund.

Note that the GLOBAL CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT REVIEW EMISSARY has
earmarked large amounts of money for the payment of all the affected
foreign beneficiaries of various unpaid funds worldwide.

On that note, please be informed that we have approved a partial
payment payment in your
favor by a swift wire transfer via our accredited European offshore
correspondent bank,
the LA CAIXA bank Lisbon in Portugal..

To this effect, you are advised to call or e mail directly so that you
will be referred to
the designate director and department of our accredited paying bank in
Lisbon Portugal, for
an immediate completion of your fund release bureaucratic protocols,
for onward hitch-free
remittance of your fund into your nominated bank account.

we are sorry for the inconveniences you might have suffered in the
hands of those corrupt
government officials and bankers who had earlier handled your payment file.

Finally, please contact MR. ALFRED TORTILLA {
GlobalDebtreconcilCommission@gmail.com }
{EU REGIONAL DIRECTOR} GLOBAL DEBT RECONCILIATION COMMISSION for
immediate transfer of your fund.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

MR.Felix Don { EU REGIONAL}
GLOBAL DEBT RECONCILIATION COMMISSION

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