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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: "HOMELAND SECURITY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rhb_tdept@qatar.io>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 05:42:41 -0700
Subject: FUND TRANSFER!!!

HOMELAND SECURITY
Anti-Terrorist Division & Financial Surveillance
U.S Department of Homeland Security
Federal Building, Washington, D.C. 20528
Tel/Fax:+1 (206)-600-5495
 
 
 
 
FINAL NOTIFICATION / WARNING FROM US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
This is to officially notify you that through our intelligence monitoring network that the time given to you to procure the needed International Clearance Certificates has elapsed. I hope you have known that your fund has been hold responsible by this agency waiting for you to legally obtain the transfer approvals for international confirmation of the transfer to your bank.
Furthermore, the new measure adopted to guide against the wrong deeds by unscrupulous elements of Central banks and other commercial banks especially African Banks AND European Banks who had unleashed untold hardship to the Clients/ Beneficiaries in the pursuit of their payments.
WARNING: We have every reason to suspect anyone as such ghost Inheritance Beneficiary/ Contractors, who in collaboration with unscrupulous bank officials of our diseased parasites and corporations to transfer funds without a proper verifications and confirmations of International Clearance and Approvals will be suspected as Money Laundering for Terrorist acts and the said transfer will be automatically cancelled without delay.
Therefore, the new measure adapted to safeguards the responsibilities for the release of your fund had been shifted and handed over to the RHB Bank Kuala Lumpur Malaysia as signed and agreed officially with the World Bank Auditors in order to correct the wrong deeds of previous paying banks.
Meanwhile, we has already make a fresh arrangements and issue a new brand payment instruction to the authorized paying bank RHB Bank Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in your favor in order to guarantee the release of your payment without failure as authorized. For your immediate confirmation, we directed you now to urgently contact the authorized paying bank immediately for the immediate processing and release of your payment as stated below:-
Contact person:-
Dr. Philip Albertho
Head of Head of Transfer Dept Of  RHB Bank Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Transfer Code : rhb677664xx
Amount to be transferred: USD$8.3Million
 
For your information, we henceforth coordinate and monitor every entire process and procedures, to supervise their actions for the release of your payment via the above mentioned paying bank.
Thanking you in advance.
 
 
Yours faithfully,
 
 
RICHARD L. SKINNER
{Inspector General}
K-9 Division, Federal Protective Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Cc: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Cc: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Cc: National Security Agency (NSA)
Cc: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Cc: World Customs Organization (WCO)
Cc: Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors (OGBS)
Cc: Payment Bank (RHB).
 
 

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