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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: "(FBI)_Deputy Director; Mr. David Bowdich "<joshuafoundation@clear.net.nz>
Reply-To: fbinvestigationunit@consultant.com
Date: 19 Apr 2021 23:54:45 +0400
Subject: Dear award recipient, Covid -19 Compensation funds from UN.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
Monetary And Anti-Terrorist Crime Division
FBI HEAD-QUARTERS: J. Edgar Hoover Building 935
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20535-0001
United States Of America.
Telephone: 203 941-0244


To whom It May Concern;


Greetings to you from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Monetary Crime Investigation Department. We're delighted to
notify you that we have noticed through our Intelligence Monetary
Monitoring Network (IMMN) that your paid compensation funds have
not reach you due to bad and corrupt officers so far. We've been
able to arrest them and they are now under investigation. It may
interest you to know that this Compensation Funds has been
awarded to you and few selected Individuals from different part
of the world, by the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
So you're selected and compensated due to your email was randomly
selected from the list of scammed victims emails which we
discovered from our recent arrest on some scammers, integrated
with the fact that you have an adequate citizenship record with
your government.

This Email is to enlighten and update you about the approval for
the complete release and payment of your Compensation Fund to you
by our reliable genuine source. I am Deputy Director David
Bowdich, a vastly and highly placed FBI Officer. At our recent
previous meeting held wit the United Nations Economic and Social
Council, I was assigned to take responsibility of all the (20)
lucky beneficiary compensation Fund Remittance/Payment to them
without stress or delay. So it may interest you to know that you
are lucky to be among the list of individuals whose Compensation
funds have been approved for payment under the stipulated
guidelines of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. We
believe this Funds will be of a great help to redeem you from all
the difficulties of life.

We are delighted to apprise you that the total sum of US$5,500,
000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)
have been shared and approved for payment to you, this amount has
been verified and processed by the Funds Remittance Unit (F.R.U)
in your name and its now ready to be released to you. But for
your notice; Each beneficiary funds has been deposited into
different fix account with the Bank Of America (BOA). In respect
to this progress an ATM DEBIT MASTER CARD has been issued in your
favor and it's capable of withdrawing out the maximum sum of
US$10,000 on a daily basis from your US$5,500,000.00. So we will
be delivering this ATM card to your resident through a fast
courier delivery company and when the ATM CARD and your fund
documents get to you then we shall provide its PIN CODE to you
for immediate withdrawal from your legitimate compensation funds.

Endeavor to read carefully and understand so that we can arrange
and submit your final paper works and files holding your funds
complete release/payment to you. Be ware that the Insurance,
Anti-Money Laundering/ Life Insurance fee and other governmental
tax on your funds has been taken care off by the United Nation
Economy council. So all we need now is your personal information
and details to proceed with the payout of your compensation funds
to you and also for the registration of your ATM CARD with the
Courier Company to ensure safe delivery to you anywhere in this
world. Only the delivery charges are at your expenses because it
will serve as a proof when the diplomatic delivery agent arrived
at your resident.

Full Name: ................
Address: ................
Home/Mobile Phone: ..............
Occupation: ..............
Age: ..............

Kindly provide the required data needed from you, so we can
update it with your recent file in our database and also proceed
with your Compensation Funds Payment to you which will be coming
in an ATM DEBIT MASTER CARD for your daily withdrawal of US$10,
000 till your funds in the card finish or an on-line banking.

So if you are seriously interested to claim and collect your
legitimate compensation payment which is almost overdue, then
you're to contact your active FBI correspondent & directing
Special Agent Officer with his official confidential contact
details below; ensure that you adhere and comply with the simple
directives from his office on how your Compensation Funds of
US$5.5 M can be delivered to you in peace, without stress or any
governmental obstructions..



Congratulations towards your effort in making this transaction a
success. If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder,
that is because of the email maintenance restrictions implemented
by the Internet Service Provider, we the (FBI) urge you to treat
this genuinely and you are to keep this transaction strictly
confidential till fund get to you to avoid matters arising or
disqualification or termination of this transaction. NOTE: All
funds have been moved to the FBI over here in Washington D.C and
that is why we are contacting you directly from here. So if you
have been contacting anyone or office about your fund and it's
not coming through then you must put a FULL STOP to such
communication henceforth because they have nothing or you. But if
you are not contacting anyone then quickly claim your
compensation funds today.

It was also agreed at the meeting that after releasing out this
information to all lucky beneficiaries, whosoever compensation
funds that will be found in the Compensation Award Financial
Database waiting without claims after the submission of every
payment awareness e-mailed letter, such funds shall be
confiscated and forfeited to the United Nations account within
(120 ) working hours. This office and your correspondent special
agent will be looking forward to hear from you, and as soon as
you receive this message and revert back positively we shall
proceed with the immediate payment of your compensation funds
avoiding delays, contact Dr. Micheal Saito
fbinvestigationunit@consultant.com

Yours Reliable & Trustworthy;
(FBI)_Deputy Director; Mr. David Bowdich
Monetary And Anti-Terrorist Crime Division____(FBI)
FBI HEAD-QUARTERS: J. Edgar Hoover Building 935
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C 20535-0001
United States Of America.

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