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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: "Kung Frank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kungfrank@qq.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:02:31 +0530
Subject: BANK TRANSFER OF $1,400,000

 
·        United National Ban UNB
International Transfer Office
The Financial Controlling Desk, India
Department of foreign affairs council.
 
WESTERN UNION MONEY PAYMENT OF $1,400,000
My name is Mr Kung Frank from The United National Bank, also the chief executive officer of Western Union Money Transfer Financial agent to the United Nations Desk of Thailand High Commission. I am contacting you regarding your One Million Four Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars $1,400,000 from THE UNITED NATIONS (UN), INTERNATIONAL MONETARY  FUNDS (IMF) AND THE WORLD BANKS GRANT.
 
The UNITED NATIONS (UN), INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF) AND THE WORLD BANKS have authorized The United National Bank and the transfer have been approved to transfer $1,400,000 to your bank account. This is TRUE and VERY REAL.
 
This message is to inform you that we have finalize a 100% successful means to transfer your money that was transferred to you through Western Union Transfer to my name, I could not complete the remittance to you by Western Union Transfer Due to Revere Bank Of India RBI, New government Payment restrictions for receiving money in India. The reasons they started is that because of the crisis that is going on in the world. e.g Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Palestinian, and the bomb blast that is happening every time from one country and the other, Researchers have studied that money of all the terrorist attackers are been sponsored by people around the world and also the Western Union Money Transfer is the most fastest and easy method to send money and too many people are using western union transfer to send money to sponsor terrorist. For this good reasons, the Western Union Money Transfer Official Board have put a new restrictions of receiving money through Western Union T
 
The United National Bank is ready to transfer Your $1,400,000 to your bank account. I was on vacation in Brazil to watch 2014 World Cup Match when i received this PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION and i am back to my office in India to process the transfer. I want to let you know that the transfer requires urgent attention to process your money to your bank account.
 
I did not check my email box during my vacation in Brazil, There was too many massages on my email box and i mistakenly deleted and lost your information. If you are interested for the bank to transfer your $1,400,000 to your account, you are required to re-send me your information as it is on below data request.
YOUR FULL NAME: ******************************
ADDRESS: ************************************
TELEPHONE NO: *******************************
DATE OF BIRTH: *******************************
OCCUPATION: *********************************
MARITAL STATUS: ******************************
YOUR GENDER: ********************************
 
Immediately i receive the above required information, i will open a transfer fill in the bank with this information and the bank i will send you the transfer form to fill for the bank to transfer The total amount that will be paid to you is One Million Four Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars $1,400,000 converting to India Rupees is Eight Crore Fourteen Lakhs Sixty Six Thousand Five Hundred And Fifteen India Rupees INR 8,14.66,515 Rupees to your bank account.
 
 
Yours Truly
Mr. Kung Frank
Thailand High Commission

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