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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: FBINewYorkCity@nycmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:34:27 -0700
Subject: My name is Mr. George Brown

My name is Mr. George Brown:


I'm Special Agent in Federal Bureau of Investigation,

FBI. New York United States of America (USA)
Address: 26 Federal Plaza 23rd Floor, New York,NY,

10278.

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/Bulk

folder,
it is because of the restrictions imposed

by your Mail/Internet Service Provider,
we urge you to treat it genuinely.

HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND?
I'm contacting you by your email however; I feel it's

best and more
convenient for me to explain why I am contacting you.

I'm FBI Special Agent
Mr. George Brown United States New Appointed FBI

fraud
Investigator,I work hand in hand with the United

States Fraud Unit of
the Criminal Investigation Division (CID). I

specialize in
Background Investigations on funds which include
[COMPENSATION/INHERITANCE FUNDS OR NEXT OF

KIN,Consignment Box,Lotto®?
JACKPOT, LOANS] and I notice that you have being

receiving numerous
emails from people who claims to have fund coming to

you but I advise
that if you're still in communication with any of

them on issue of
fund however, you're hereby advise to stop every

communication right
now because those people has being investigated and

confirmed to be a
Fraud. I wish to announce our successful

investigation which was
carried out few days ago; I guess it will interest

you to know why
this investigation was conducted. For your

information, it was truly
that you have 100% Legitimate unpaid transaction and

you have every
right to claim this fund as you're been confirmed

to be the right
Beneficiary of the said amount ($10.5 Million US

Dollar).

Today your fund worth $10.5 Million United States

Dollars brought to
my desk to be sign and send back to the originated

country as
unclaimed fund. As a result of the information i got,

i told them to wait until
i hear from you today so i will know the reason you

rejected such
amount of money which is your Compensation And

Winning Fund just because
of the documentaries involved. I need your urgent

response as soon as you
receive my text and explain to me the reason why you

have abandon your
Fund, but if you don't need it then I can change your

name to another person
here in United States, so that Government will

not claim this money.
Get back to me with your below information:

1.Your Names:
2.Your Home/Office Address:
3.Your Cell Phone No:
4.Your ID Card:
5.Your Bank Details:
6.Your Occupation:

7.Your preferred mode of transfer remittance from the

two
options below:

< Courier Delivery/Bank Wire Transfer>
Order by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Warning: You must stop further communication

with anybody,
office, individual or organization relating to this

transaction

to avoid distractions in the remittance of your fund.

We also advise you to forward any correspondence

/proposal you receive from them to me in other for

the FBI to bring justice to them.

We are expecting a swift response to this letter and

upon the receipt of this
email.

Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place!
GOD BLESS USA.
REGARDS

George Brown.
My personal email: geogebrownsa@gmail.com
Office email: FBINewYorkCity@nycmail.com

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