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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: "Union Credit Oversea Bank" <hsbcl@joseph-morgan.org>
Reply-To: ucobluk@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 09:58:36 -0500
Subject: TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION $$$$$$$$

Union Credit Oversea Bank
2 Brook St, London
W1S 1BQ,
United Kingdom
Telephone: +447012953327
Fax: 44-844-774-5506

Ref: Payment Update.

Be informed that we have officially approved your payment of your Overdue
Inheritance/Contract entitlements programmed to be paid to you but you are
the one delaying to receive it due to your inability not to comply with
the documentation processes which we requested from you in order to back
up the fund before the transfer can be effected to to your account to
avoid stop order from the International monitoring Agency. following
series of documents tendered by your Representative Mr. David L. Nielsen,
and your Attorney Barrister John Swatz, of J. Swatz & Associates.

They have presented a "Power of Attorney" duly signed by you in which was
clearly stated that due to certain prevailing circumstances beyond your
control, you could not finalize the payment process yourself, thus
appointing Mr. D.L. Nielsen to act on your behalf. All payment documents
have been forwarded to our appointed bank to pay the said amount to them.

Therefore, confirm if the said Man and Attorney are your True
Representatives, before our final order payment. Find below the account
information they have presented for the transfer on your favor:

A/C Name: Blue Bell Realty, Inc.,
Bank: JP Morgan Chase Bank,
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza,
New York , NY.10081
Bank Routing #:021000021
A/C #:227863934766

We look forward to your swift response.

Yours in Service.

Mr.Shri Chandan Sinha
(Financial Officer & Director Foreign Remittance Dept)




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