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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: "Richard Haley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rechardhaley@citromail.hu>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:17:02 -0700
Subject: Your Compensation Fund of US$10.5M

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Field Intelligence Groups J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20535.
 
Attn: Beneficiary,
 
We sincerely apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a certified mail, post-mail, phone, or face-to-face conversation, it's due to the urgency and importance of the security information of our citizens, I am   Richard Haley the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Assistant Director in charge of the Finance Division.
 
This is to inform you that your  Contract Inheritance Fund valued US$10.5M that was placed on-hold by a government agency for a long time has been released and ready to be paid to you through Bank to Bank Transfer.
 
According to your representative (Mr. Robert Newman) and the authorized paying Bank (First National Bank) you have been reported sick and hospitalized.
 
He forwarded the below account details for the transfer of your contract Inheritance Fund valued US$10.5M as instructed by you with power of attorney tendered to us. Please Verify the following account.
 
BANK : BANK OF AMERICA.
BANK ADD: 50 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111, United States
AC NO: 4886 7944 2780
SWIFT CODE; BOFAUS6S
ROUTING NO: 121000358
NAME: ROBERT NEWMAN JR
ADD: 452 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018-2706
 
Please I will require you to get back to this office as we want to reconfirm an authorization remittance of your fund into the above Bank Account.
 
Also you are instructed to desist from further contact with any bank(s) or person(s) in the United States or the United Kingdom or any part of the world regarding your fund because your payment has been confiscated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation here in the United States.
 
Your Sincerely,
 
Richard Haley
FBI Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

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