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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: USA SECURITY <ito-rumina@bmail.plala.or.jp>
Reply-To: justicedepartment6@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 04:15:50 +0900
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY

ORDER/PERMISSION TO RELEASE YOUR FUND

Hello, this is Mr.Larry White United States Special Investigator; I am contacting you via email today because I feel it is the best means of communicating with you at this moment. I work with the United State Fraud Unit of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID). I specialized in Investigating people's funds which include Compensation Fund, Donation Fund, Inheritance Fund or Next of Kin, Consignment Box, Lotto ® Jackpot, Loans, etc and I notice that you have being receiving numerous mails from people who claims to have funds coming to you if yes I advise that you stop communicating with any of them on issue of funds, because those people have being investigated and confirmed to be a Fraud.

Having introduced myself to you I wish to announce our successful investigation which took place few days ago, the investigation we conducted was to have a clear view of the legitimate owner of the said fund and it was truly confirmed that you have 100% Legitimate unpaid fund, which has been in the government custody since the time of Donald Trump the former president of United States and you have every right to claim this funds as you have been confirmed to be the rightful Beneficiary of the said amount $6.5 Million USD giving to you as a compensation fund, this is a compensation to everyone that receives Donation Fund, Inheritance Fund or Next of Kin, Consignment Box, Lotto ® Jackpot, Loans, etc. Your $6.5 Million USD, has been approved for payment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) here in the United States. This announcement has to be made open to you because you may have being swindled by those unscrupulous people which you might be sending money to, in the name of getting one fund or the other which is not real and for this reason, I have decided to help you get your funds directly from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) here in United States because your Legitimate funds remains unpaid.

I want to know if you're interested in receiving your unpaid legitimate funds, valued at $6.5 Million USD. However,I will only be of help if you agree to follow my instructions. If you're really interested in receiving your unpaid $6.5 Million USD, I advise that you get back to me immediately via this email justicedepartment6@gmail.com . All I need is your cooperation and understanding.

Please you can contact me back on my email justicedepartment6@gmail.com

Regard
Mr Larry White
United States Special Investigator
justicedepartment6@gmail.com
TEXT ONLY +1 ( 708) 465 1605

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