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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: AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK <jkiss7kis@tim.it>
Reply-To: adbgbankplcg0819@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 10:33:57 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: APPROVE FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT

ATTN: SIR

THIS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION WITH YOUR PAYMENT FILE
FROM OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY TO TRANSFER YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT
US$32,500,000.00 TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN BY TOMORROW AS SOON AS ALL CHARGES IS
DEDUCTED.

PLEASE RE-CONFIRM YOUR BANK INFORMATION TO AVOID ANY MISTAKE DURING THE
TRANSFER BY TOMORROW. WE ARE GOING TO TRANSFER YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT OF
US$32,500,000.00 TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT BY TOMORROW AND THE TRANSFER CONFIRMATION
SLIPS WILL BE SENT TO YOU FOR YOUR EASY CONFIRMATION.

AS A MATTER OF URGENCY YOU ARE ADVISED TO MAKE A PAYMENT OF US$59.00 BEEN
PAYMENT OF DEDUCTION FEE.

THE DEDUCTION FEE OF US$59.00 WILL ENABLE THIS BANK TO OBTAIN AN AFFIDAVIT AND
STAMP DUTIES FROM HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA, WHICH WILL EMPOWER US TO DEDUCT ALL
CHARGES AND PREPARE YOUR DEDUCTION CERTIFICATE THAT WILL SHOW THAT ALL CHARGES
HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED AND YOU WILL NOT PAY ANY OTHER FEE.

YOU ADVISED TO SEND THE DEDUCTION FEE OF US$59.00 TODAY THROUGH WESTERN UNION
MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM WITH THE NAME OF THE OFFICER IN CHARGE, VICTORIA
IKPO , LAGOS NIGERIA, QUESTION IS: BLACK, ANSWER IS: BLUE

AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THIS PAYMENT FROM YOU TODAY, WE WILL DEDUCT ALL CHARGES
AND YOUR BALANCE WILL BE REMITTED TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY TOMORROW MORNING AND THE
TRANSFER DETAILS WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU FOR YOUR EASY CONFIRMATION WITH YOUR
BANK.

HERE IS THE MONEY GRAM INFORMATION

RECEIVER NAME: AMARACHI EZE .
ADDRESS: LAGOS NIGERIA
QUESTION: BLACK
ANSWER: BLUE
SENDERS NAME:
SENDERS ADDRESS:
AMOUNT: US$59.00

ACT ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS, I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS E-MAIL +234-708-954-
0567

REGARDS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

YOURS FAITHFULLY

MR. WILLIAMS ROBERT
FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT
For: AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROU

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