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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: CAIXA BANK <caixabank20141@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 04:51:38 -0700
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?? FROM BANK OF LA CAIXA BANK BARCELONA SPAIN

Director Of Remittance/Foreign Operation Manager
Bank of La caixa bank Spain
Add: Av. Diagonal, 621, 08028 Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain


ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?

In the course of our General Auditing and Account revision of this
year quarter of the year 2014,In order to pay you your fund, as we are
mandated by IMF/UNITED NATION (UN) secretary Ban Ki-moon, because your
name is shortlist among those that will receive their fund this
quarter, and we discovered that the Bank Accounts belonging to you as
the Benefactor have been changed on the basis that you have died some
time last year and you have given out an authorization note of change
of data.

This is after the agreement reached during the signing of Economic Aid
Loan Agreement between the Government of Spain with the G8 Leaders in
partnership with IMF/UN and WORLD BANK. The said agreement is to
empowers individual to handle forthwith all outstanding LOTTERIES,
CONTRACT & INHERITANCE PAYMENT to foreign beneficiaries.

After the investigations however, it was revealed that there are
Foreigners who are collaborating with Retired Staffs to make these
changes illegally without the knowledge of the Bonafide Benefactors
and one traced to your own change is this Mr. Rick Jones who said you
are dead, hence he has forwarded some documents that back him up for
the claim to divert your fund to his account.

He have also forwarded this bank account below as the new account that
will receive this money.

Bank:Wescorp Bank
Bank Address: 924 Overland Court San Dimas, CA 91773-1750
Account Name: Rick Jones
Account Number:000154940074
Bank Code: 024
Swift Code: HASEHKHH
Routing (ABA)#: 122041219

But we wanted to confirm if actually this is true and hence decided to
write to your email address which after 3 days from now and there is
no response, we will then know that you are dead indeed and go on with
the transfer.

If proved otherwise by you that you did not die, please forward to us
all the related Benefactors particulars including your Telephone
number, contact address.

These details from you will help to assist us reach a conclusion that
you are not dead. Anything contrary to this claim will help us charge
this man to court and prosecute him while your fund will be paid to
you immediately without any further delay. You have to get back to us
on time for us to commence legal proceedings against Mr. Rick Jones
and his accomplices.

click the link to see me
http://www.caixabank.com/informacioncorporativa/consejoadministracion_en.html

Thanks
Yours Faithfully.
Mr. Alain Minc
Member of Director's
Bank of La caixa bank
Barcelona, spain

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