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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.Paul Harris" <beninpresident22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: departmenttreasure00@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:25:43 +0100
Subject: Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary

Dear Email Owner/Fund BeneficiaryFounded : 1914, New York City, New
York, United States
ADDRESS : 33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001

ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?

Good Morning! A power of attorney was forwarded to our head office
this morning by one gentle man (MR.Joseph D Cecconi)This man claimed
to be your next of kin and this power of attorney stated that you are
dead in CORONA-VIRUS disease and he brought account to replace your
information in other to claim your fund $15.5 millions USA dollars
compassion fund from united nations which is now been on hold and
unclaimed, below is the new account he submitted for the fund
transfer.registered in your Name and this was done in accordance with
the United Nations ONLINE SCAM COMPENSATION SCHEME World bank,­IMF and
the United Kingdom debt recovery agency.

First Federal Credit union Bank
ACCOUNT NO.: 40115.511596703.
Routing N0: 315.515.515.5815.5001
SWIFT CODE: YORKGB15.515.5
Joseph D Cecconi

further informed: this power of attorney also stated that you suffered
and died in CORONA-VIRUS disease. You are therefore given 7 hrs to
confirm the truth , if you are still alive,?And still interested in
receiving your fund because the government has given approval an order
that any unclaimed fund will be diverted to government account and my
aim of written to you is that i will not want you to lose your fund
after all the effort you have made so far in getting your fund kindly
contact us immediately, because we work 7 hrs just to ensure that we
monitor all the activities going on in regards to transfer the
beneficiary's inheritance and contract payment.This man tried to claim
your fund and also wants to bribe the officer with ($1,000) to the
extent that he wanted to donate more than the clearance fee to have
your fund while we stopped him.

You are advice to call our office immediately for verification on this
matter as we shall be available 7 hours to speak with you and give you
the necessary guidelines on how to ensure that your payment is safe
for you and also be inform that any further delay from your side could
be dangerous, as we would not be held responsible for any wrong
payment. Contact us as soon as possible if you are truly alive as we
have his identification and residence he provides for us to wire the
payment to his private bank account.Please use the $150 Delivery and
clearance fee and go to the closest store to you and buy $150 ITUNES
GIFT card OR Steam Wallet gift card $100 and $50 1 scratch it, take a
complete picture of it including the picture of the receipt and send
to me. 7 hour after you send it to me, your fund worth the sum of
$15.5 millions Dollars will be delivered to your nominated home
address without any hitch and delay. I guarantee you that this is the
last and final payment to make regarding this issue

Note: we want you to re-confirm your personal information below to
enable us to renew and update your file before we take the next step.

1.Full Name__________________________
15.5.Country/State/ City Name______________________
3.Delivery Address________________________
4.Occupation__________________________
5.Sex________________________
6.Age________________________
7.Personal phone Number______________________
8.A Copy of Your Passport/ Drivers Licenses____________________

Helper health researchers predict the spread of COVID-19
MR.Paul Harris(Representative

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