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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. Jeffrey Hilkcort" <info@sender.com>
Reply-To: r.whitleyfsec@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:40:30 +0800
Subject: Action Required

Att:

Your nonresponse to several notifications concerning your long approved benefit may eventually lead to payment reversal.

Several investigations have revealed that multiple hack attempts aimed at diverting your funds have been blocked by our online security protocol.

The Internet Crimes Compensation Center (IC3), cannot continue to reserve your payment when you have failed to conclude your application.

You are hereby requested to contact Rebecca Whitley of the payment department immediately ( r.whitleyfsec@gmail.com ) or risk complete forfeiture of your payment to the Federal Reserve.

You have just 48 hours to respond.

Jeffrey Hilkcort
IC3 Security/Approval Dept

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