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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: Chris Maxey <chrismaxey145@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 19:21:33 +0100
Subject: Foreign Payment Settlement

Financial Services Compensation
10th Floor Beaufort House
15 St Botolph Street
London EC3A 7QU
www.fscs.org.uk

Ref: FSCS/UKFCS20

Dear Beneficiary,

We are somewhat surprised at not hearing from you and it seemed
incredible you have taken no notice of our letters. We have the
pleasure in bringing to your notice this FINAL letter once again as we
were informed by our paying bank that ,you have not received your FSCS
payment of the sum of US$6,250,000.00 and we have just verified your
FSCS payment file as informed and found out that your payment file is
still open for claim.

As matter of urgent we would like you to inform us if you in anyway
related to Mr. Webster Andrew ,he has been contacting this office
regarding your payment, it may be your friend or relative and he
presented all the necessary information evidencing your fund purported
to have been signed personally by you prior to the release of your
fund to him. However, do reconfirm to this office if this person is
from you so that this office won't be held responsible but if not from
you, you are hereby advised to contact your assigned payment officer
below for more payment arrangements and directives on how your
outstanding funds can be remitted to you in a period not more than 14
working days and failure not get back to your payment officer {P.O}for
more directives will leave us with NO further option rather than to
call to the attention of the authority in charge for payment
confiscation.

PAYMENT OFFICE: FSCS Payment Claims Dept.

CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Calvin Shivers

CONTACT EMAIL: caa23493@gmail.com

PLEASE TAKE NOTE, YOU HAVE A 100% GUARANTEE TO RECEIVE ABOVE MENTIONED
FSCS PAYMENT PROVIDED YOU STRICTLY ADHERE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS . We
believe your reply will be of the utmost assistance to you. Thank you
for your cooperation and understanding.

Yours faithfully
Chris Maxey
FSCS Payment Claims Dept.

******** This e-mail and the information it contains may be privileged
and / or confidential. It is for the intended addressee (s) only. The
unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail, or any
information it contains, is prohibited and could, in certain
circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you are not an intended
recipient, please notify us immediately. You should be aware that FSCS
monitors external emails in accordance with The Telecommunications
(Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications)
Regulations 2000 in order to protect its business interests. Financial
Services Compensation Scheme Limited 10th Floor Beaufort House, 15 St
Botolph Street, London EC3A 7QU. Registered in England & Wales No.
3943048 Switchboard: 020 7741 4110 .*

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