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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: csurrogatecourt68@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 22:19:39 +0000
Subject: Official notification from the FBI

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqWgRT7PcNbf3ZmpxLCV6kRD8rCfzfk2iPEpVezDGCemydjw/viewform?vc
Internet Crime Complaint Center
(IC3)In Partnership with FBI/NW3C/IAI
REF: FL P-PI/2422-FM10089/0877RE:
Internet Crime Victim Restitution
http://www.fbi.gov

INTENDED ONLY FOR: [Victim's Email

This is to officially inform you that we have completed investigation on
your awarded funds and some other beneficiary. With the help of our newly
developed technology (International Monitoring Network System) we
discovered that many bad offices, scammers and thief in Africa have been
collecting money from you in the name of receiving your funds.We have
arrested the leader of the scammers. your e-mail address was found in one
of the scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation,
maybe you have been scammed.

The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) have ordered that the money recovered from the Scammers to be
shared among 100 Lucky people around the World for compensation and your
email was in the list of among people that has being compensated with the
sum of US#4,500,000.00 (US$) (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars) We have authorized and signed your certificate with the
human right for your money to be transferred straight to your account
without any more delay because you have suffered enough and we will make
sure that you cash your money before next week

You can receive your compensations payments through WIRE TRANSFERS from the
Federal Reserve Bank, so kindly contact the Federal Reserve Bank's
Remittance Manager in, NY New York, and send them the email you received
from our office as evidence in this regard and to enable the bank to
recognize our efforts in transmitting this message. Please contact the
Remittances Manager with the information below:

Bank Name: Federal Reserve Bank.
Department Code: 231BOA077.
Address: 33, Liberty St, New York,10045 United States Of America.
Attn: Mr.William C.Dudley
E-mail:frbonlinepayoffice189@gmail.com

Contact the bank today and forward this message to them with your
information and code below for processing of your payment/funds
accordingly.
(TRANSACTION CODE: TC-987647)
Your Name=============Address===============Telephone==============Country Code==========Your private Email address=====
For further information regarding this notification, if you are about to
make a payment to any organization, such as a delivery agent, bank, Western
Union, etc. We advise you to contact us first, for professional advice to
guide you against any unforeseen circumstances that could lead you to a
scam. We don't want you to be misled by anyone and that is the reason
we are here to guides you on how you will receive your fund. And if you are
already dealing with someone or an office who has promised to help you get
your funds, based on this monitoring institution, you recommended to stop
contacting them in your best interest and deal with the government-approved
person (Mr.William Dudley) only.

NOTE: If You Receive This Message In Your Junk Or Spam Its Due To Your
Internet Provider.

We look forward to hearing from you. If there is anything else we can do
for you, please don't hesitate to let us know!

Best Regard,
Mr.Gerard J.Steven
Address: 601 4th street NW Washington.FBI.gov
Headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Email.fbifile20151@gmail.com
................................................................................................................................................
Confidentiality Notice | This email message, including any attachments, is
for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential,
proprietary, legally privileged, and/or CORI information. Any unauthorized
review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the
intended recipient or have received this email in error, immediately
contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original
message. This email message may be monitored by the Federal Bureau's
banking Department.



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