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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: Robert Gregory Brown <andersontomwest@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrrobertgregorybrown@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 11:20:37 +0100
Subject: HOW MY MONEY WAS PAID

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My Names are Mr. Robert Gregory Brown, I am a US citizen, I was born 1957,
I reside here in Arcata, California United States. My residential address
is as follows. 3905 Waterford Way, Arcata, CA, United States. God will be
angry with me if i see the means of you getting your fund easily and not
telling you, that is what prompted me to write you this email. I am one of
those that were scammed in Nigeria through Bank, next of Kin, I had paid
over US$174,000 for the past years while in the USA, trying to get my
payment all to no avail. And they always stopped my funds with one reason
or the order after making payments and they asked for more money. So I
decided to travel to Washington DC with all my documents, and I was
directed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and International
Monetary Fund (IMF) headquartered in Washington, D. C., Directed me to
contact Mr. Kelvin Williams, who is a representative of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) member of the COMMITTEE, currently at work base on
the issue of fraud for all outstanding next of kin payments, Lotto,
consignments, etc. So I contacted him as I was directed and he explained
everything to me also invite me to their office and took me to the paying
bank for the claim of my overdue payment of $4.350Million which has been
approved by U.S. Department of the Treasury. And it was sign and stamp by
(IMF) and (FBI) after all; $4.350Million was paid to me by the paying bank
successfully. Right now I am the happiest person on earth because I have
finally received my funds of (US$4.350Million) after all these years.

Moreover, Mr. Kelvin Williams showed me the full list of the names and
information of those that are yet to receive their approved Next of Kin
payment/Compensation. I saw your name and email as one of the victims, I
don't know you, we have not meet, i don't even know if you are from America
or not, all i know is that i spotted your email and said i must let you
know about this. So I decided to email you now to know if you have received
yours, and to advise you to stop dealing with those people, they are not
with your funds, they are only making money out of you. I advise you
contact FBI Representative Mr. Williams via email below to know if he can
help you receive your payment the way he do helped others.

Name: Mr. Kelvin Williams
Email: fbirepresentativewilliams@gmail.com


You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you
and telling you that your funds is with them, it is not in any way with
them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until
you have nothing left. NOTE: The only Money I paid after I meet with FBI
Representative Mr. Kelvin Williams was just $550 for the Ownership Paper
Works and stamp duty fee please take note of this because that was the only
money I paid to him. I advice you contact Mr. Kelvin Williams so he can
help you release your approved $4.350million funds instead of dealing with
those lies that will be turning you around asking for different kind of
money to complete your transaction. Whatever Mr. Kelvin answers you please
let me know immediately so I can help you talk to him.


SEND YOU’RE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL: mrrobertgregorybrown@gmail.com

Mr. Robert Gregory Brown
3905 Waterford Way,
Arcata, CA U.S.A

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