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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +442071830315
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • csebplc@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Eternity PLC Cust. Serv." <j.psuarez@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:17:03 +0000
Subject: A LETTER FROM - Eternity Bank PLC

Dear Sir/Madam,

There is an issue with the wire transfer which has been instructed to send to the owner of this email address (you). The depositor/owner of the fund instructed to send the fund to this email address rather than to a bank account. We cannot send a wire transfer to an email address; we require further information in order to complete this wire transfer. By right we suppose to request your bank co-ordinates from the owner of this funds but due to secret agreement he made with an attorney in other continent did not allow us to know in time before the owner of the funds died few weeks ago. This institution did not know about this until we review a notarised WILL we received from one Barrister Thompson Williams (Lawyer to Owner of the fund).

To solve the problem all we require is voice or written confirmation from you of the following before you will send the bank co-ordinates to our below email address -

- To know the correct and complete bank co-ordinates in which you wish to receive this transfer
- To know which Country you would like the money sent to

In order to correct these problems please call or email our office with below email address. Remember to mention this reference number CI45/PH and we will then be able to give you the detail information on how the transfer will go.

Yours Sincerely,
Jean P. Suarez

Customer Service Manager
Eternity Bank PLC
30 St Vincent Place
Glasgow G1 2HL
E-mail: csebplc@financier.com
Tel : +44 207 183 0315

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam