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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447045719866 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- info_admiban@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Royal Bank of Scotland (U.K) " <info_admiban@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: info_admibank@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 05:29:06 +0100
Subject:
Royal Bank of Scotland (U.K)
info_admiban@yahoo.co.uk
web-site http://www.rbs.co.uk
Tel: + 44 70457 19866.
Fax: + 44-709-284-6973
Dear customer
OUR REF: RBS/435/X0/0213
RE CHANGE OF YOUR BANKING PARTICULARS
BEFORE FINAL TRANSFER.
I am the Managing Director Chief accountant Officer (CAO), the Royal Bank
of Scotland ((RBS Group ) London United kingdom. We received a bank to bank
telex information regarding your final payment from your paying bank for
the transfer of a part payment of US$2.5 Million.
After due verification of the transfer details received from your paying
bank and a return telex sent to them for affirmation, before final transfer
to your bank account as contained in the approval file sent to us, we just
received from the bank a letter of a change of beneficiary's account from
your original bank account to: Stating that you died in a ghastly car
accident. are you really dead?
PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD OR COPY THIS MAIL TO ANYBODY OF ANY KIND FOR SECURITY
REASONS IN CASE YOU ARE NOT DEAD.
CITI BANK HONG KONG
A/C NUMBERS: 231 7700 00012
SORT CODE: 8213
A/C BEN: HABIB MORTGAGE.
Please confirm if you are aware of this new development within 72 hrs of
your receipt of this message otherwise, we will be compelled to effect the
new changes and commence the final transfer of the above fund to the new
account above.
You are to reach me anytime on my direct numbers above for action.
We are expecting your immediately response.
Yours Sincerely,
Philip Hampton
Chairman,
Royal Bank of Scotland
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