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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: SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE <mrsjoyfrank1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: supremecourtus01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:27:43 +0100
Subject: SUPREME COURT

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SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE 31
CHAMBERS ST. NY 10007 UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA POSITION
HON. Chief Judge JAMES ANTHONY

Attention Dear Beneficiary.

From the Desk of Chief Judge James Anthony, 50 Murray St, #1701, New York,
NY 10007.

This is to notify you that Federal Reserve Bank of New York officials
visited my office on Tuesday yesterday with an envelope containing copies
of document, and the document is your fund payment file. They stated that
you disclaimed and Abandoned your fund worth $38.8 Million United States of
America Dollars and their purpose of visiting my office is to seek support
and have my signature on the document for the approval of the confiscation
of your fund to the government account, hence you don't want to receive the
fund. But with my years of experience in the judiciary I refused to sign
the document.

However, due to humanitarian grounds and sympathy, I immediately called up
Justice James Anthony, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States, and explained your matter to him as regards to your payment. And he
personally called Mr Mark Edward, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
which is the corresponding Bank of Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he
instructed and required him for reduction of the requested payment fee to
US$50 only in order to help you afford the fee to ascertain the Clearance
Certificate to enable the Bank to transfer your fund to your Bank account.

The US $38.8 Million United States of America Dollars is a compensation
fund from the Government to you since the past years 2021, Your E-mail
address was generated through the computer ballot system as one of the
selected Beneficiary to receive this fund. So please you have to take care
of this little payment of $50 for the transferring your funds of
$38.8Million to your account today Ok, send the payment by Apple gift card
or steam wallet card, the ONLY charges you will pay before the transfer of
your fund can be completed is this small fee to enable the Bank to
ascertain your fund Transfer Clearance Certificate to transfer your fund to
you.

YOU WILL NEVER pay a dime again as agreed and signed here in Court that you
will never pay any other money apart from this fee $50, to this effect, it
will interest you to know that every and any fee/charges required has been
reduced to the above mentioned fee.This step is in order to enable you
afford this only fee so that your fund Clearance Certificate will be
procured in your name to enhance the immediate transfer of your US $38.8
Million Dollars to your bank account.

Note: you should know that you have to be fast about it to effect the
required payment so that the Bank can clear, release and transfer your fund
worth US$38.8 Million Dollars into your account. Today. Therefore, the days
of you being subjected to paying twice Payment is over as that is the case
with some corrupt officials down there.

So please proceed and send it $50 Apple gift card or steam wallet card only
Ok.

Wait for your reply.
Thanks and God bless.
Best Regards,
Chief Judge James Anthony
New York United States of America
New York 10007
Law Clerks: Andrea Field, Esq. Hasa Kingo, Esq

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