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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: "Anna A.Maizza" <9352mikjoh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infofrbny001@vivaldi.net
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 18:28:12 -0800
Subject: Dear Madam, Dear Sir

Dear Madam, Dear Sir

I am Ms. Anna Antonia Maizza, a 60-year-old Italian citizen. I live
here in Connecticut. My address is as follows. Across xxv Aprile,
153/E-23807 Merate (LC) - Italy, I am considering moving elsewhere as
I am now very wealthy. I was one of those who took part in the
succession and compensation of their relatives in Africa a few years
ago, and unfortunately, they refused to pay me after my approval as a
fund owner, and I paid thousands of dollars for various reasons,
including documents, in order to get the fund all to no avail.

Then I received information that that Africa had signed a documentary
agreement with the United Nations to pay anyone with documentary
evidence of fraud by scammers in any country in Africa. One of the
victims referred me to the man chosen from the UN to deal with fraud
cases and decided to contact him. God was so kind that he agreed to
help me get my lost money back. So I decided to go to the United
States of America with all the documents that the fraudster had given
me and I was told to meet Daniel Kahn, Director of the U.S. Anti-Fraud
Bureau. He is a member of the United Nations Compensation Commission
and the International Monetary Fund. But he further explained to me
that the reason you find it very difficult to receive my fund was that
I didn't deal with the right person in the first place, and he further
advised me to stop any additional transactions outside his office to
avoid delays in getting myfund.

He took me to the United Nations and the Federal Reserve Bank in New
York and got final approval for the release of my fund with the proof
I had in my hand as one of the scam victims, and requested payment
through the Federal Reserve Bank under the authority and mandate of
the United Nations. Now I am the happiest woman in the world because I
received the money happily, in addition to my previous fee, worth US
$5000, and although I did not spend much, I paid only official United
Nations fees.

However, Daniel Kahn showed me all the information about the scammers
that were reported because they didn't know that there was this newly
formed organization that could recover their money of the scammed
victims and I saw that your name was among the scammed victims and
your email address was on the list of people to pay compensation sum
of the $4.500 000.00 and that's why I contact your email to stop you
from dealing bad people at risk because those people aren't eligible
to release your fund, so that's why you're under pressure to get the
fund for the very long time. However, I would like you to contact
Daniel khan because he is the only person approved by the Government
to assist you to get your fund, and bear it in your mind that you must
follow his instructions if you really wish to receive this fund, and
you can now contact him by email. (infofrbny001@vivaldi.net) Please
feel free to text or message on his WhatsApp: +1 718-954-3043

please kindly fill in this information for identification purposes.

Your full name: .......................
Direct phone number:.........................
Country. ............................
Occupation:..........................
Gender ...............................
Age:.................................

Good luck while he waits for your email.

Best regards
Ms.Anna A.Maizza
My email; maizzaannia26@gmail.com

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