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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: "Churchill Pat" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chupat47@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 06:28:14 +0530
Subject: TO AVOID WRONG TRANSFER

New Page 1

Dear My dear, How are you today?
We are not sure if you received our previous message but we wish to use this same medium again to urgently request your attention, following our just concluded 2013 Last Fiscal year Statutory Audit, Review and Pre-investigative on Unclaimed Assets and Forgotten Funds held in all Banks and Financial institutions across United Kingdom by UK Unclaimed Assets and Forgotten Funds as mandated by the United Nations / World Bank team of auditors to Bank of England.

During our audit in B-Credit Union Limited UK, we discovered a withheld $15,250,000.00 US-dollars in your name and an Authorization Letter submitted to B-Credit Union that legally confirmed the “Willed” of the fund to you on 2nd,April 2010 for humanitarian cause by your Late Sister Dorothy I. Height from USA before she died on 20th April, 2010.

After our Comprehensive investigation, an irrevocable ordered was given to B-Credit Union Limited UK for an unconditional release of your ibanking security Code immediately to you for quick reactivation of the dormant account and onward transfer of the total fund to your choice bank account.

However, This Morning, we were surprised that B-Credit Union notified us that there was another application they received from your representative, MR.HANS STEINBICHLER, stating that you has authorized him to reactivate the account and transfer the funds to his account in Switzerland and that you were recently involved in an auto accident and cannot walk right now.

Could you please confirm immediately, your relationship with MR.HANS STEINBICHLER and also, confirm if the bank account in Switzerland as shown below is now your new bank account.

CREDIT SUISSE, CH-8038 ZÜRICH,SWITZERLAND
ACCOUNT NO:0872-456011-91
IBAN: CH55 0487 2045 6011 9100 0
SWIFT CODE: CRESCHZZ8OT

To be sure that you are the true beneficiary we contacted, protecting and about to pay. Furnish correctly your following information as Follows: Your Full Name and Contact Address:, Your Direct Telephone or Cell Number: Your Private Email (if any) for direct communication to you and forward them directly to email: churchillpatricia@europe.com , So to avoid wrong transfer of your funds by Sir. Andrew Phil, the Managing Director, Foreign Debt Settlement Department, BelvoirCreditUnion Limited, BT8 8DL, UK as scheduled.

Yours sincerely,
Churchill Patricia (Mrs)
Uk Unclaimed Funds Search-Debt Accounts Unit
{UK Unclaimed Assets and Forgotten Funds}
Liaise head office, 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6UJ
Telephone: 07031939225
e-mail: info@ukunclaimedfunds-dau.co.uk
http://www.unclaimedassets.co.uk/
 

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