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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: "Dr. F Gtievey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr_gtievey@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 16:58:37 +0200
Subject: Dr. F Gtievey


International Banking Department South African Reserve Bank
Phone: +(27 742-785-722)Please contact me through my personal Email: (mr_gtievey@hotmail.com)

My name is Dr. F Gtievey the international Remittance department head of the South African Reserve Bank. We have some complication regarding your fund to the amount of USD$10.000.000.We want to release your fund to you but we must enlighten you on goings on. That is that an American Businessman by the Name of Mr. Erick Lorch is 'posing' as your partner and wanted to divert the whole money into an account in Canada! This man we have arrested, a Canadian and one other Citizen of South Africa. According to the man that you have a fatal motor accident and that you are on a wheel chair .They came with a power of attorney that you have authorize them to have the your fund transferred to their account in Canada. But to our greatest surprise the power of attorney was not signed by your attorney That is where the suspicion was noticed.

Please we want to know if you have sent anybody to come and claim your money, if so you must notify us immediately. See attached passport photo if you can recognize the person on the picture

As it stand now I want to help you release your fund to your bank account but you must promise me that you will not be in contact with anybody whom you have been dealing with in the past concerning this money, there was a reason for that and my investigation shows that the people behind this ploy are people who know you and details of your transfer very well, people who know that your money was being transferred in days. From your profile I see that you have no hands in this, and as a believer in God, I decided to assist you.

The reserve bank wanted to halt your payment today and send your file to Investigation department, but my intercession halted them and you have been mandated through me to provide the following

(1)An affidavit document endorsed by a Notary Public in your country stating your full name, address, occupation.

(2) Your telephone number and Fax

So I would like you to act very fast to avert getting into a difficult situation. You must have the US$10MILLION transferred by the middle of next week.

Finally, I want you to heed my advice and act swiftly
NB: I have attached the passport photo of the businessman from America ; maybe you will recognize him and the designated bank account.

BANK ACCOUNT INFO:

Bank Name: Bank of Montreal , Canada
Bank Address: Bank of Montreal
2705 Gordon Road
Regina , SK , Canada S4S-6H8
Bank Phone: 1 306 569 5720
Transit Number: 26758
Institution: 001
Account Number: 26758-4510116
SWIFT Code: pnbpus3nnyc
Account Type: $
Address Home: #16-255 Rose St .Regina SK CANADA




Best Regards, Dr. F Gtievey
International Banking Department South African Reserve Bank
Phone: +(27 742-785-722)Please contact me through my personal Email: (mr_gtievey@hotmail.com)


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