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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: Sarah Reymonds <gfgonline8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ptrcslv9@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 14:09:36 +0100
Subject: Attn: Dear Beneficiary,

Department of Justice Begins First Distribution of Funds
Recovered Through Asset Forfeiture to Compensate Victims
of Western Union Fraud Scheme.

Dear beneficiary,

The Department of Justice announced today that the Western Union
Remission Fund began its first distribution of approximately $153
million in funds forfeited to the U.S. government from the Western
Union Company (Western Union) to over 500,000 victims located in the
United States and abroad. These victims, many of whom were elderly
victims of consumer fraud and abuse, will be recovering the full
amount of their losses.

The Justice Department, through the Asset Forfeiture Program, works
diligently to restore lost funds to victims of crime and acknowledges
the significant assistance of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service
(USPIS) Philadelphia Division’s Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Office in the
Western Union remission.

The victim compensation payments in the Western Union case would not
have been possible without the extraordinary efforts of the U.S.
Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset
Recovery Section; the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Middle District
of Pennsylvania, the Central District of California, the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, and the Southern District of Florida; and
the USPIS Philadelphia Division’s Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Office, the
FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal
Investigations, Homeland Security Investigations, Federal Reserve
Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Office of Inspector
General, and Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General.

Certain owners, operators or employees of Western Union agent
locations were complicit in the schemes. Western Union aided and
abetted the fraud scheme by failing to suspend or terminate complicit
agents and by allowing them to continue to process fraud-induced
monetary transactions. Western Union had fulfilled its obligations
under the DPA and the government has filed a motion to dismiss the
information, which the court granted today.

This first round of payments is one of several expected to occur in
the Western Union remission. The Department of Justice sent petitions
for remission to over 500,000 potential victims of the Western Union
fraud and anticipates authorizing compensation for many more victims
until next month.

Western Union turned a blind eye to the fraudulent payments made
through its money transfer system,” said Andrew Smith, Director of the
Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “We’re glad
to be returning money to those consumers who were ripped off by
fraudsters exploiting the Western Union system, and we will not
tolerate Western Union or other payments companies facilitating
fraud.”

Therefore you are hereby advise to send your complete details to
receive your compensation funds worth of $850,000 United States
American dollars only. You are also requires to pay a compulsory levy
for the registration of your funds been the 0.1% of the total funds
which will cost you $85.00 only. So contact Chris Willie, through his
private email and ask him to direct you on how to make the payment.

1. YOUR FULL NAMES:______
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:_______
3 PHONE & CELL NUMBER:_____
4. WHAT-SAP NUMBERS:_______
5. EMAIL ADDRESS:________
6.. SEX:_____
7. AGE:_____
8. OCCUPATION:________
9. COUNTRY:___________
10. CITY:________

Contact person:
ptrcslv9@gmail.com
Mr. Chris Willie

As soon as you receive your payment kindly let me know.

Best Wishes,
Mrs Sarah Reymond
Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations

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