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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: "SKY BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <centerindia.reservedesk@dgoh.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 04:43:58 +0530
Subject: Ref:-4C9X0UE3X

SKY-BANK INTERNATIONAL
108 Canada Square
London Rd,E14 5HQ
 
Our Ref:-4C9X0UE3X
Your Ref: 35460021
 
                Ref: Payment of $1.5 million approval.         
   
Attention Beneficiary,
 
We received instruction few days from our correspondence bank in London (SKY-BANK INTERNATIONAL) to transfer your awarded payment fund valued sum of $1.5 million into your contract  account which we are on the process to open an online banking account on your name and forward to you the account information so that you can access your fund into your regular account in your country by your self But we are surprise this morning when we are about to open your online banking  account and received another email from MR.SURESH KUMAR whom claim to be your representative with a letter of trust certificate telling us that he's your next of kin and  you left an instruction to her for the claim of your(deposited fund $1.5million) Here are the below account information he forwarded to us to  transfer  your fund into  his account.
The account which  she forward to  us as follow.
STATE BANK OF INDIA
Account Holder Name: SURESH KUMAR
Bank Account No: 30944269422
Bank Name:. STATE BANK OF INDIA
Bank Swift Code:SBIN0002486
Bank Code: 002486
Bank Address:Siwani mandi Railway Road,Distt. Bhiwani, Haryana-1270-India.
Bank Branch: SIWANI MANDI
Please, Do reconfirm to us as a matter of urgency if this man is from you and has your authority to receive your fund.If this Man is not your representative, You are requested to fill and send this information for verification purpose, so that your fund value of $1.5million united state dollars will be paid to you through online banking method. kindly Contact RESERVE BANK OF INDIA.
Foreign Remittance Department
Reserve Bank of India
6, Sansad  Marg,
New Delhi - 110 001, India,
Via-email:centerindia.reservedesk@dgoh.org
1. YOUR FULL NAME.
2. YOUR TELEPHONE.
3. FAX.
4. AGE.
5. SEX.
6. YOUR OCCUPATION.
7. YOUR ADDRESS.
HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID MR.SURESH KUMAR, IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY, WE WILL PROCESS AND RELEASE THE FUND INTO MR.SURESH KUMAR'S ACCOUNT.
Your Sincerely,
Ms Roselyn Payne
Sky-Bank International,

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