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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: Mr Albert Rivera <ambassadortinasmith@gmail.com>
Reply-To: riveramralbert9@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 10:19:40 +0100
Subject: IMPORTANT MESSAGE AND GOOD NEWS

Dear

This is to inform you that few Months after the inauguration Joe
Biden. The US President, He has successfully ordered reversal of
many of Donald Trump's Actions with Executive Orders which placed
millions of compensation funds on hold in the US and the order
includes immediate release of consignment boxes, Unclaimed funds,
Packages placed on hold in the US for years.


The Department of Treasury has taken time to review unsuccessful
transactions with most international inheritance/contract insurance
companies and other foreign banks especially in Asia and the United
Kingdom. We wish to let you know we have communicated with most of
these foreign banking institutions withholding most international
payments to individuals and companies so as to find out why these
funds were withheld, the source of the funds and a final solution to
these problems.

Conclusively, we discovered most withheld and unpaid funds originating
from lottery organizations, international trading, and companies??
awarded contract funds and deceased persons were not properly filed
for payment to its intended beneficiaries.

Transfer suspension was placed on these funds because the majority of
these international funds remittance/transfer were not properly
recorded by the paying institution for future file
reference/assessment by the International Monetary Fund and the
Financial Services Authority.


In joint alliance with the Financial Services Authority to resolve
this issue, the US Government through finCEN & The Financial Services
Authority have approved the release of your unpaid funds. We have gone
through the security records of all international outstanding
transactions and our extensive investigation confirmed you are the
beneficiary through the assistance of the International Criminal
Police Organization (ICPO). We have obtained an Approval Authorization
Letter from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which states that
your funds will be paid to you on proper confirmation of your claim.


We wish to inform you there is an existing arrangement with United
Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) to process and pay you the sum of
$4.6Million USD as soon as you provide the complete requirements
needed for them to process your fund payment case. This was resolved
in a meeting held between the International Financial Auditors in
Europe and our Asians representatives.

Contact him with the details below.

- Full names:
- Mobile telephone number:
- Home address
- Country and City:
- Driver license:

By the virtue of the provision of the law which confer on us powers to
advocate, adjudicate, suspend and authorize an immediate transfer of
funds internationally, we hereby state emphatically and without
prejudice that should there be any information that may succeed your
application for unclaimed awarded funds release that are currently
deposited in most foreign banks in Europe, Asia and in Africa, please
do not hesitate to provide the information so that we can help you in
receiving your funds.

Also note that failure to properly apply for the funds payment will
nullify your chances of receiving your unclaimed funds and these funds
will be diverted to the Treasury.

Regards,

Mr Albert Rivera
Email riveramralbert9@gmail.com
E-mail riveramralbert9@gmail.com

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