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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: "RIA Money Transfer" <chungwj89768654789@chol.com>
Reply-To: ria-eu.compensationunit@europe.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 19:57:14 -0500
Subject: COMPENSATION FOR YOUR LOST FUNDS

Our Ref. RIA/EUCGP/823674.
Date: 10/07/2022
Your Ref: Compensation to fraud victims.

ATTENTION PLEASE:

This is to notify you that the Cash Management/International Payments Unit of RIA Money Transfer Services, The European Commission in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank had agreed to pay all victims of internet fraud and intentional scam a total amount of €580.000 EUR as a grant/compensation for lost funds to fraud globally.

This National Scheme of Compensate Committee was set up in each EU Member State to compensate for all the money lost to scammers through numerous internet fraudulent transactions and your name appeared on our payment schedule list of eligible beneficiaries approved/signed to be paid in this Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 following the recent European Commission Convention on the Compensation of Victims of scam.

Therefore, the sum of €4.999,00 or its equivalent in your local currency will be transferred to you daily via RIA until the total approved sum of €580.000,00 EUR are safely sent across to you consecutively within 11 business days in accordance with the EU compensation directive.

In pursuance to this agreement, we have registered your first payment of €€4.999,00 EUR online through Western Union Money Transfer. Just confirm your first payment with the instructions below, Open our website:https://www.riamoneytransfer.com, then click "Track Transfer", for you to see the status of the transaction online.

As soon as you open the website, enter this RIA tracking number (RTN): 12002404760
then click "Track Transfer" to confirm by yourself.

Below are the details you need to present to the western union officials. Also go with your id card:

RIA Transaction Code Pin: 12002404760
Sender's Name; DAVID E. MBAPE
Sender's Address: BRUSSELS 1050 BELGIUM.
Amount sent: €4.999,00 (FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED & NINETY NINE EURO)

Please bear in mind that your transaction may be inaccessible or declined at the moment for security reasons until you cover the requisite "Retainer/Commission fee" of €295 only so as to allow you pick up the first transaction followed by the subsequent daily transactions.

Sequel to the EU compensation directive, this fee is nondeductible as your compensation money was insured under a conventional European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS)for security reasons and that guarantees you a risk-free and smooth transaction all the time until your total compensation money are fully paid.

As soon as that is done, please proceed to any RIA outlet nearest to you for the first pick up. Make sure you go with a valid ID such as driving license or national ID or international passport for identification purposes to guarantee fast, simple and secure money pickup.

For account reprofiling purposes, you are hereby required to reconfirm details below to the following email address:

First Name
Middle Name:
Last Name:
Contact Address:
Mobile/Direct No:

We apologize for the delay of your payment and the inconveniences this might cause you so far is highly regrettable.

Yours sincerely,
David John Howard
Zonal Coordinator, RIA Money Transfer Services
(Cash Management/International Payments Unit)
Ria Envia Belgium SPRL (Brussels) 48 Rue Marche Aux Poulets Brussels.
UK Office: 75 Baker St, London W1U 6RE, United Kingdom.

© 2022 RIA International Money Transfer Services. All Rights Reserved

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