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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: Daniel Kahn <williamsween11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: federalresban@vivaldi.net
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:39:16 -0700
Subject: Re: YOU ARE A VICTIM OF FRAUD, READ THIS MAIL

Respected Sir/Madam

I am Ms. Anna Antonia Maizza, an Italian citizen, 62 years old. I
reside here in Connecticut. My residential address is as follows: Via
xxv Aprile,153 / E - 23807 Merate (LC) - Italy, I am thinking of
moving elsewhere since I am now rich. I am one of those who took part
in the inheritance as next of kin and compensation in Africa a few
years ago and they refused to pay me after approval as the owner of
the fund, I paid thousands of dollars for various reasons including
documentation while in Italy, trying to get the fund all to no avail.

Later I got information that the African has signed a document
agreement with the United Nations to pay anybody who has documented
evidence as been defrauded by fraudsters from any country in Africa, I
was introduced by a victim to the man who was elected to handle
African cases in New York, and I decided to contact him, and God so
kind he was in so I decided to travel with him down to New York with
all documents given to me by the fraudsters, and I was directed to
meet Daniel Kahn the director of united states anti-fraud, who is a
member of the UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE and IMF, and
I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said to me
"whoever that is contacting us through emails for compensation or to
claim as next of kin to a deceased person is fake." Or trying to
collect money from courier service is fake.

He took me to the United Nations in New York, and to the Federal
Reserve Bank for the claim of my expenses and the fund since I had the
evidence of documented approval as the next of kin, he appealed for my
payment through the united states under the power and authority of
United Nations. Right now I am the happiest woman on earth because I
have received the funds plus my past expenses all worth $4.500 000:00,
though I spent small money it was United nations official fees.

Moreover, Daniel Kahn showed me the full information of those that are
reported defraud yet to come for claims because they are not aware of
this newly formed organization, that recover defrauded funds, and I
saw your name as one of the defrauded, and your email address, that is
why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are
not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will
advise you to contact Daniel Kahn. He will help to recover your
expenses and the fund in question.

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact
Daniel Kahn so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead of
dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for
different kinds of money to complete your transaction. You should
contact him directly Here is his email an (infofrbny001@vivaldi.net)
Acting Chief of the Fraud Section The United States Fraud Recovery
Unit Department You can also send him a message on his Whats App
number (+1 718 954 3043)

Fill Out the information to him if you are ready to get your funds
Your Full Name:.......................
Direct Phone:.........................
Country. ............................
Occupation:..........................
Gender...............................
Age:.................................

Good luck while he waits for your mail.

Best regards
Ms.Anna Antonia Maizza

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