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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: "Claims Service Department" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claims.servicedepartment@europe.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:45:56 +0200
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY

CLAIMS SERVICE DEPARTMENT
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE OFFICE
BEVIS MARKS LONDON
CONTRACT #: (MAV/SBN/FGN/MIN/12)

ATTN: BENEFICIARY

RE: IMMEDIATE OVERDUE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

This is to bring to your notice that we have finally signed an irrevocable agreement with the United Nations and World Bank
Dignitaries at the G8 summit held recently in Italy, after which the Federal House of Senate have decided to settle all enormous debt burden, in order to enhance more International business relationship between our Government and the International Community.
To this effect, The Ministry of Finance has forwarded to this office, the names of clients that have not yet received their contract, Inheritance, Compensation and Lottery payment and your name happens to be on the payment schedule list, Your payment is next on the payment schedule for this 3rd quarter of the year 2012.In accordance with the provision act of decree 114 of the 1999 constitution, your payment documents have been verified, approved and arrangement is being made to effect your payment worth USD$8,000,000.00 (Eight Million United States Dollars), to you within the shortest period of time, in our bid to transparency, as we now have in our possession, the instrument for perfecting that.
Furthermore; Mr. James White from AUBURN, USA has just contacted us on your behalf with he’s full banking information and presented all the necessary documentations evidencing your claim purported to have been signed personally by you for the release of your funds to him. He further told us that you are seriously sick and presently on a hospital bed of which he is not even sure, you will survive. Please find below his Banking information for your perusal and re-confirmation:

BANK NAME: JP MORGAN CHASE BANK
ADDRESS: 24 A ST SE, AUBURN 98002, USA.
A/C NAME: MR. JAMES WHITE
ACCOUNT#: WITHHELD FOR SECURITY REASONS.
ROUTING#: 325070760

In regards to this, we want you to reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this man is truly your representative and if we should go ahead on routing your funds to him as we want to state categorically that we shall not be Liable for any miss-direction of transfer due to your failure to give us proper directive/reconfirmation on the above explained matter, else we will commence transfer modalities with him accordingly. You are also required to reconfirm to this office as a matter of urgency, the below information to further facilitate the immediate processing of your payment, for subsequent release to you.
1) Full Name:
2) Contact address :
3) Telephone:
4) Occupation:
5) Age
6) Marital Status:
7) Copy of any form of Identification:

Upon receipt of the above information from you, we will direct you on the next procedural step to take hence the above detailed information are absolutely necessary for the processing of your payment accordingly.
We also want to use this medium to pose a WARNING to you. Immediately cease all correspondence with my office posing as a remittance department claiming to pay out your funds, corrupt officials are the only reason you have not received your funds.

Sincerely,
Steve Albert
Head Finance Department
Claims Service Department
Tel: +447924556223

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