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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: "Mr Calvin A. Shivers" <se1901592@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fileo1216@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:23:13 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION!!! DEAR BENEFICIARY THIS IS FROM THE DESK OF YOUR PAYMENT OFFICER

--
This email is from the desk of Assistant Director Calvin A. Shivers at the
Federal Bureau Department of Justice, New York, I'm writing to officially
notify you about an issue that we notified you about Back in [DATE]. Much
time has passed since the first letter was sent with no response, Was
there an issue for not responding? this is our last-ditch effort to
ensure you receive information. on the previous correspondence, you had a
respond by date before we sent funds to your state to hold, and that time
has passed.

So, this letter was a final attempt to get you reconnected to your loved
one's property, But to ensure that this happens, there is a $150.00
processing fee that needs to be paid before we can get the process
started. check or Money orders are accepted, We do understand that you
might not have the whole payment so we do take partial payments but the
remaining is due before we can start processing. Seeing that this is the
final attempt you have 3 days of receipt to reply to this email, also
please update any information that we might speed up the overall process.
Thank you for your time



Reconfirm the below information:

Full name: ___________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________
.
Mobile number: ______________________________________________

Regards
Director Calvin A. Shivers
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department Of Justice

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