Advance Fee Scams

According to this email, a senior banker in Turkey wants to present you as the beneficiary of a multi-million dollar fund left in his late client’s bank account.  

According to this email, which purports to be from bank and financial services company JP Morgan Chase,  the U.S Department of States and U.S Department of Treasury has approved a payment of  $4,500,000.00 in your name.

According to this email, charitable organization Oxfam has given you a cash grant of £1,000,000.00. Supposedly, the charity donation is being promoted in conjunction with UNICEF.

According to this message, you have won a large sum of money in a lottery program organized by Facebook.

Scammers use many methods to reach potential victims including email, text messages, and social media posts.

According to this email, 79-year-old, “Abigail” wants to give you $5.7 million to distribute to charity.

This email claims to be a person who has a lucrative investment fund proposal to discuss with you.  

According to this email, which claims to be from the United Nations, you have been selected as the winner of a 1.5 million dollar prize draw.

Emails supposedly from the UK National Lottery claim that you have won a large sum of money and must supply personal information to the “agent” in charge of the prize.