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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: Alex Kennedy <danasally030@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alexken4334@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:39:01 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?8J2QgPCdkJPwnZCT8J2QhPCdkI3wnZCT8J2QiPCdkI7wnZCNIPCdkIHwnZCE8J2QjQ==?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J2QhPCdkIXwnZCI8J2QgvCdkIjwnZCA8J2QkfCdkJg=?=

FBI- Criminal Justice Information Services Division
Federal Government Office

Address: 26 Federal Plaza 23rd floor New York, NY 10278, USA



HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS?


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 Mr.
Luis M Quesada . United States New
Appointed FBI Assistant fraud Investigator here in New York City, 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 claim
to have funds coming to you but I advise that if you're still in communication
with any of them on issue of funds. 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 confirmed
that you have 100% Legitimate
unpaid transaction and you have every right to claim this funds as you're
been confirmed to be the right Beneficiary of the said amount
8.5 Million USD
, however due to the delay of
getting this funds to you, your funds has now been increased to $10.5
Million USD approved for payment by Office of the
Presidency here in United States.

I'm informing you this today because I came to notice that you're not
communicating with a legitimate person who is in charge of
getting these
funds to you. This announcement has to be made open to you because you may
have being swindled by those unscrupulous people whom you have sent
money in
the course of getting one fund or the other which is not real and for this
reason, I have decided to help you get your funds directly from the US
Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) here in New York City because your
Legitimate funds remains unpaid.

I want to know if you're interested in receiving your unpaid
legitimate
funds value $10.5 Million USD. I will only be of help if you agreed to
follow my instructions. If you're really interested in receiving your unpaid
$10.5
Million USD, I advise that you get back to me immediately. All I need is
your cooperation and uanderstanding.
Please contact Mr. Alex Kennedy (The Agent) by clicking REPLY


(1)Full name......
(2)Mobile number....
(3)Home address.....
(4)Country..........
(5)Occupation.......
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Yours in Service,
Mr. Luis M Quesada

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