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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 @ CHRISTOPHER WRAY" <nelsoncollins43@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhlcourierdeliverycompany8@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:46:40 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY,

--
This massage is coming to you from Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI
Washington DC, I am Dr Christopher A Wray FBI director,i an here to
update you about your compensation funds which you have been trying
for long to receive but all you are getting back is full of fake
promises,I want to reminds you that your funds was submitted to my
office in order to deliver to you as the federal government
instructed, we supposed to make this delivery two weeks ago but we
have some criminal records in my office which was reported by our
clients that they are gotten scammed alot with my name, and we are
into the process to found out if it's a real story, as our
investigation was in process I found out that people's have been using
my name to take money away from innocent souls promising to deliver
and later it all turn into scam, which I don't know if they have done
that to you as well, so we are working on how to get those people's
arrested which we have gotten some of them, I am here to let you know
that your funds is $20.7m which will be delivered to you by FBI
diplomatic agent, so kindly get back to me in order to proceed if you
are still interested to receive your funds.
Thanks
FBI @ CHRISTOPHER WRAY

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