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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: Joyce Yvonne <igboekechimex1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joyceyvonnev@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 02:04:48 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Scam_Victims_Compensation_Payment_=E2=9C=AA?=

This is to inform you that, FBI has been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and scammers in Africa and other parts of
the world like India etc.

With the help of United Nations (UN), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

FBI has been able to track down so many of these scam artists in
various parts of the world and they are all in Government custody now,
they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague
(Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.

During the FBI investigation, they recover so much money from these
scam artists, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has ordered the
money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 10 Scam Victims
for compensation.

This email is being directed to you because your email address was
found in one of the Scam Artists files and computer hard-disk during
the FBI investigation, maybe you have been Scammed or Not

* You are therefore being compensated with the sum of $6,000,000.00
(Six Million dollars)

# As you are a lucky beneficiary in this project, Government wants you
to receive this money and share it with anybody who have been scammed
before you know .

You will receive this via ATM card. After this email the next step is
you access your fund via online banking

please provide the below needed details for verification and also the
delivery of your ATM card.


> Required Details verification

(1) First Name:
(2) Last Name:
(3) Mail Route:
(4) ID Card:
(5) Telephone:
(6) Address Line:

US Government has chosen Stanford Bank to payout all the compensation
funds to the 10 Lucky beneficiaries, Stanford Bank is a Financial
institution based in Liverpool, UK 🇬🇧 .

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