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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: "Prof. Charles Soludo" <proff.charles_soludo55@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:09:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION !


Attn;Mr Justine Thyme

I wish to inform you that after a brief meeting with the stakeholders, there was a resolution in the account information.
Your are strongly advice to make the payment to the following account below.

BANK NAME:DBS BANK HONG KONG
ADDRESS:16TH FLOOR ,99 QUEENS ROAD.CENTRAL HONG KONG.
SWIFT CODE:DHBKHKHH
ACCOUNT NAME:ENERGETIC CORPERATION .LTD.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 788 1333 910

Adhere strictly to the new payment option as stated above.
We expected that would have made the payment today as stated in your earlier mail.


Thanks

Prof. Charles Soludo
[CBN.G]



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