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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. Charles Joseph Bonaparte" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <brianpet3rson@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2023 08:54:51 -0700
Subject: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION

Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI)
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am Mr. Charles Joseph Bonaparte, the chairman of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). in alliance with the economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) with the head Office . We have been working towards the eradication o>

We have been able to track down so many of these scam artists in various parts of west African countries which includes (NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA CAMEROON AND SENEGAL, SOUTH AFRICA).

We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United State Government have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around t>

This email is being directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here and with the information gartered from this Scam artist, we notice that you have been s>

Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation of US$1.5 Million, we have made arrangement to register an Online Banking through our Global Bank, where you will have full access to your Online Ba>

Feel free to contact the processing officer MR BRIAN PETERSON. The online Banking Processing is made much easier for you to transfer your funds to your private Bank Account personally, to avoid any delay or complication of things. With>

So you are advised to contact processing officer MR BRIAN PETERSON with your provided information required for verification below.

CONTACT PERSON: MR BRIAN PETERSON
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: brianpet3rson@yandex.com

Provide the information below to enable the processing of your Online Banking Account for deposition of your total compensation fund.

1) YOUR FULL NAME.
2) YOUR ADDRESS.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4) YOUR OCCUPATIaON
5) YOUR IDENTITY.
6) COUNTRY

Contact MR BRIAN PETERSON with the information required for verification to enable him start the processing of your Online Banking Account Registration.

We guarantee your safety and wish you the best of luck.

Best Regard,
Mr. Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Federal Bureau of Investigation

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