419 scam: David Jackson <adebolaadelaja2011@gmail.com> FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: David Jackson <adebolaadelaja2011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dj0015639@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 05:35:17 +0100
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Our Ref: RTB /SNT/STB
To Beneficiary

Please be informed that this is FBI special agents, David Jackson. I
was delegated along side others by the United Nations to investigate
scammers who have been in the business of swindling foreigners
especially those that have one form of transaction/contracts and
another.

Please be informed that in the course of our investigation, we
detected that your name/details in the FBI Scammed Monitoring Network.
We also found out that, you were scammed of a huge sum of money.

Be informed here that in a bid to alleviate the suffering of scammed
victims, the United Nations initiated this compensation program and
therefore, you have been awarded with the sum of Five Million Two
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($5,200,000.00 USD) for being a
victim.

Note that the said fund will be transferred to you via the Citibank
being the paying bank mandated by the United Nations officials.

However, we have to inform you that, we have been able to arrest some
of the swindlers who have been in this illicit business and will all
be prosecuted accordingly. Be informed as well that we have limited
time to conclude the monitoring exercise, so we will advice that you
urgently respond to this message ASAP. Here, we implore you to keep
this transaction to yourself and never allow those scammers know about
this so as not to jeopardizing our investigation. All you need to do
is to follow our instructions so that you can receive your
compensation fund accordingly as directed by the United Nations.

We urgently wait to receive your response.

Regards,
DAVID JACKSON
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATION ON ALL ONLINE WIRE TRANSFER

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