419 scam: " MR. CHRISTOPHER WRAY" <wwwfbi.gov88@gmail.com> COMPENSATION AND RECOVERY FUNDS

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ubabank1142@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " MR. CHRISTOPHER WRAY" <wwwfbi.gov88@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:49:16 -0500
Subject: COMPENSATION AND RECOVERY FUNDS

FBI- Criminal Justice Information Services Federal Government, United
states of America.

Dear Sir/Madam
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the domestic intelligence and
security service of the United States and its principal federal law
enforcement agency, here by confirm to you that you won a compensation
funds of $4.6 million dollars.
Contact the Director ATM department Mr. Benson Lucas for your
compensation funds $4.6 million dollars, selection process was carried
out through the United Nations (UN) computerized email selection
system, from a database of over 79,980,000 email addresses of scam
victims obtained from all continents of the world, which your email
address was selected among.

The United Nations Compensation and Recovery Fund is a UN inter-agency
fund mechanism established by the UN Secretary-General to help support
some scam victims to recover from the fraud and its impacts, including
an unprecedented socioeconomic shock by the covid19.

This is your approved payment registration number: YUSK/XX17-2021,
kindly contact the Director ATM department Mr. Benson Lucas with the
payment registration number immediately for your ATM master card which
is loaded with your funds the sum of $4,600,000.00 million US dollars.
Confirm the following information to him as soon as possible.

1. Your Full Name :
2. Your Address :
3. Your Nationality :
4. Your Direct phone #:

This is the contact email of Mr. Benson Lucas Director ATM department,
contact him immediately:

His Email: ubabank1142@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Christopher Wray
FBI Director

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