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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: "Frank Lee Consults" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.franklee56@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 13:02:27 -0400
Subject: Dear Beneficiary,

Dear Beneficiary,
 
I hope that this correspondence is received with the urgency and
expediency required.
 
It has come to the notice of the Board of Trustees at the CBN that
your present inheritance claims application being handled by the
Remitting Bank in Nigeria is experiencing some man made
irregularities. To this effect, it has become necessary for the Board
of Trustees to invite trained Fund Transfer Specialists from the
United States to resolve and regularize your fund release with
immediate effect.
 
We at Frank Lee Consults have been duly consulted by the CBN Board of
Trustees and have been fully informed about how the staff of the
remitting bank has been taking advantage of you by telling you to pay
unnecessarily exorbitant charges which will only make your fund
payment a long drawn out process.
 
Due to this we have decided to step into the process of your fund
transfer to enable your funds to be transferred within the soonest
possible time you are to get back to us immediately without needing to
pay all the huge sums of monies that are being demanded from you by
the remitting bank.
 
All processes to have your funds paid to you immediately through the
CBN's Liaison Remittance Office in New York have been initiated to cut
out unnecessary costs. You are advised to keep this communication
highly confidential as the CBN Board of Trustees have asked us to
resolve this fund payment independent of the office of the CBN
Governor to identify the principal participants in this unethical
payment procedure.
 
Furthermore, you are hereby advised to pay no further fees or charges
to the Remitting Bank in Nigeria as they shall no longer be handling
your payment
process.
 
We shall await your immediate correspondence with your information For
re-confirmation so that we may conclude your payment immediately.You
can contact me through this address below. dr.franklee56@gmail.com
Phone: +234-7012151050.
 
 
 
 
 
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Frank Lee
Frank Lee Consults

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