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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: FROM FBI OFFICE <michaelezeway@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jmont85268@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 07:22:54 -0800
Subject: HELLO! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!! READ THE MESSAGE BELOW ASAP!!!

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Attention Beneficiary,

This message is from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office
United States, & We writing to inform you that your (Inheritance
Awarded Lottery Winning fund of $5.5million) has been totally
recovered and converted into a Visa ATM card and the card is to be
delivered to your address via a courier delivery service like the DHL,
FedEx or UPS, no PO Box or USPS.

Please be informed that the courier delivery company will be
delivering the card with all the factual accessories including the
instructions with the PIN code to access the Card upon receipt.

Note: This method is the best option to receive this funds since it's
a huge amount of money and since every attempt to transfer it through
Bank to Bank wire or Western Union, Money gram, cash delivery have all
failed in the past.

Note: There won't be any unforeseen fees except the shipping fee,
therefore you will need to contact the attorney that helped us in
re-claiming the funds from Benin before converting it on ATM Visa
Card, his contact info are as follow:

Barrister John Montgomery
Email: jmont85268@gmail.com
Phone: +229 64288188

Please Ensure to send your current address where you want the Card to
be delivered to, and remember to indicate the card Registration code
of ATM-00384 to him when making contact to him, also choose the
courier service you would like to deliver the package and endeavor to
inform us once you have received the ATM Card.

Sincerely yours,

Christopher A. Wray

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