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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: "COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS US$50,000,000.00" <mrskarenwoodlock01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infooffice860h@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:41:43 +0100
Subject: FBI Office in Silverdale WA.

FBI Office in Silverdale WA.
Office on second floor.
Address: 9226 Bayshore
Drive Suite#204 Silverdale, WA 83

Attention :

COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS US$50,000,000.00

Attn:Beneficiary,

It is a pleasure to write you that we have reconciled with our
logistic department on the reimbursement of some fund spent by you
during the cause of your inadequate dealings with some impostors who
claim to be staff in banks and other regional payment centers.We have
arranged your payment through our swift card centers, which is the
latest instruction from federal bureau investigation Reconciliation
Office. The card center will send you an ATM Debit card which you will
use to withdraw your money in any ATM Center, Banks and Union Pay
Credit outlets in the world, You are hereby selected as an honor for
this payment approval, which you are to acknowledge the receipt of
this mail in returning the required below to the Logistic Department
by email listed below. Office of Reconciliation and Logistics Vaults,
federal bureau investigation (FBI)

1. Full Name,2. Phone and Fax Number,3. Your age and Current
Occupation,4. Contact Address where you want your ATM Card to be
delivered to (P.O Box Not Acceptable)

For your information, you have to stop any further communication with
any other person (s) or office (s) to avoid any hitches in receiving
your payment because of Impostors, we hereby issued you our code of
conduct, which is (ATM-7740) so you have to indicate this code when
contacting the Card Center by using it as your subject.Kindly be
informed that recipients shall be liable to all cost arising for the
delivery of the donation parcel.This is due to Legal law protecting
all donation funds misappropriation.

Yours in Service,
Christopher A. wray
FBI Director

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