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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: "Steve Frank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoinvestecbank@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 05:33:27 +0100
Subject: From Investec Bank U..S

9330 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway,
Dallas, TX 75243, United States
Tel: +1972-6199-338,
Email: stevefrank516@yahoo.de
 
Addressed: To the beneficiary,
 
 
This is to inform you that after thorough evaluation of your Inheritance/Indenture funds transfer release documents and International Monetary Fund assessment report, by Barclays Bank of UK, Central Bank of Nigeria and the United Nations Organization, your payment file was forwarded to us to implement your full payment of Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (US$2,750,000.00) which they have been trying to convey to you through some of their paying banks in Europe, Africa and Asia including credit cards, ATM cards, checks, and cash box/consignments that were being sent to you; which were either seized by the US Customs & Border Protection, Immigration, Homeland Security, or blocked by IMF, FBI, IRS or some other financial monitoring organizations owing largely to tax evasion, money laundering policy/regulation violation and general transfer omissions. You are here by advised not to  proceed further with whom so ever that claims he or she has your consignment box, The Un
 
The Audit reports sent to us from the UN Head Quarters shows that you have been going through wire processes, paying a lot of money to see to the release of your funds, as we discovered that most of these financial institutions which were in charge of your funds release were requesting for various certificates, including Money Laundering certificates, Non residential tax certificates, Anti-Terrorism documents, delivery fees, security charges, and endless list of non-existing
transfer charges and bills which are simply outrageous and unnecessary. However your funds has been moved to Investec Bank Dallas Texas Branch, for claims as you have met-up with the transfer requirements and do not need to purchase or procure any more documents to complete your transfer, you are therefore advised to stop any further communications with anybody or correspondence outside this office to avoid cancellation of your inheritance fund by the UN International Payments Office.
 
The only thing you are required to do is contact our payments office and open a checking account with us to enable you
enroll for online banking to facilitate your fund transfer process.
 
For further details and assistance on this Remittance Notification, kindly forward your CONTACT ADDRESS, TELEPHONE and FAX  NUMBERS kindly contact our customer care for more deatils to (stevefrank516@yahoo.de)
 
Sincerely,
 
 
Steve Frank,
Compliance Associate
International Equities Sales and Trading

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