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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: "Diamond Bank" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:49:28 +0200
Subject: DIAMOND BANK COMPULSORY TOKEN UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0

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Dear valued customer,

Your internet banking token is out of date kindly update your token to the latest version with more secured authentication ,you are still using the old encryption version 3.5 ,kindly upgrade your token to the latest version 5.0 .The version 3.5 your using will stop functioning in 24 hours, failure to upgrade your token device now will result to token malfunction , failure in completing your internet banking transactions successfully and also put your account at risk.

 

Kindly download the 2 forms attached to this mail, fill the form and submit and your token will be upgraded with in some minutes, you must fill the token form 1 first,  then the token form 2 requires that you must enter your token code 3 times   and other required information to enable us authenticate the token encryption level to version 5.0 which is the most secured data authentication mode in internet banking system .

We will not be liable of any loss or liability that may arise from not upgrading your token to the latest version of technology  we have provided for you as you acknowledge the receipt of this mail.

Thank you for banking with us.

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