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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: "Mrs. Jean Pickford" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info1@ukfineu.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 04:55:27 -0700
Subject: court order

Internet Crime Complaint Center
Financial Monitoring Division -UK
In Partnership with:
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)

Notification Ref ID: C463933A625

We regret to inform you that you have been a victim of internet fraud /identity theft.

Your identity and consumer credit files were compromised during a Facebook data breach where millions of Australian tax payers information were exposed to hackers and used in an identity theft scheme now uncovered by federal authorities.

The case on world renowned cyber-criminal, Warren O'Neill, 32 and Chase Adisa, 40, have been tried and closed at the Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland (St. Gallen, Switzerland) last month after numerous rejected extradition appeals. They were apprehended at the Euro Airport, Basel while fleeing Switzerland federal authorities in an unrelated fraud case. The case was closed based on the following settlement terms; I. Court-ordered recovered from the defendants shall be converted into settlement funds and remitted to eligible affected victims, II. To be paid in full before end of sentence date.

We have thoroughly investigated the case with our Intelligence Monitoring Network System and found that you were one of the numerous victims through email correspondences between you two showing payments made by you, as well as telephone logs. Upon final evaluation of his assets after liquidation, he is said to be worth $28m stolen from approx. 56 victims.

The aforementioned defendants and their group of co-offenders used over 2000 aliases to mask their original identities, which is why you may not be familiar with the names used by this fraudsters. However, our records indicate that you have been a victim of fraud and/or identity theft because your contact details and personal information were found on several computer devices belonging to the defendants. Following court orders, this makes you eligible for restitution in the amount of 921,911.00GBP for damages caused by his crimes.

This investigation was kept private and out of public media. Hence, all victims were represented by a professional public defendant including yourself.

To receive your restitution immediately, email me at info1@ukfineu.com with your full name and File Ref Number to verify that we have the right person and get you connected with the court appointed law firm who will give you more information and guidance through the entire process. If you already received and/or responded to a notification, or feel you have received this notification in error and haven't been victimized in anyway, kindly disregard. We ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive with this private notification.
All documents and correspondence should be confidential and not be shared with a third party until all original transfer documents and confirmations are received in the mail.

To avoid delays, quote your Reference ID number in all correspondence

Notice: Due to the current global pandemic, all further correspondence should be by email and telephone all court visits and services are strictly by appointment only.

Sincerely Yours,

Mrs. Jean Pickford
Financial Monitoring Division -UK

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