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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: PAUL COSSIN FROM BOA <officesendmail@globomail.com>
Reply-To: <pacossin@globomail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:59:12 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF =?UTF-8?Q?CREDIT=22=3F=3F=3F?=



--
NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM BANK OF AFRICA

We have this day January 18th 2013, received a payment credit
instruction
from the Chairman Federal Reserve Bank Republic Of Benin under the
instruction of
the United Nations and World bank to credit your account with your
compensation funds allocated in your name to the tune of US$ 2 million
from
their reserve accounts with us. However, you shall required to
re-confirm
the following details as specified below to effect the transfer
aforementioned above to your designated account details:

{1}. Your Full Name and Address.:
{2}. Your Confidential Tel, Cell and Fax.
{3). Your Bank name and address.:
{4). Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers.:
(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers.:

Please do provide the above information accurately, this office would
not
be held responsible for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of
funds
credited into a ghost account.

Best Regards
Yours in Service,
Mr.Paul Cossin
EMAIL: pacossin1@globomail.com

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