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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: "Mr. Joseph Leon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrleon2009@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 05:03:49 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT APPROVAL ORDER IN YOUR FAVOUR

Intercontinental Bank Plc
P.O. Box GP 353.


Credit Control Dept.
Tel: +23 470 63053036.


Sir,

We hereby confirmed the receipt of your overdue accrued interest payment of US$3,600,000.00 dollars, under transaction reference number ICBGH/XII-0933/DRC/OX/2010.

The Debt Reconciliation Committee in conjunction with the United Nations authorities, whose the above order are relied on, have also instructed that your further communication with your previous associates concerning this transaction should stop henceforth.

This is as a result of several reports on diversion of your allocation by your previous associates to unknown beneficiary. Based on this issue, your urgent attention to either of our below payment options is highly needed for our immediate official payment procedures and to avoid any further complication.

1. Bank to bank wire transfer.

In this case, fund will be transferred to your account via our overseas correspondence bank, the HSBC Bank in London, UK.

2. ATM (Master) Card.

in this case, an ATM Master Card, equivalent to the total approved amount, will be issued in your name and also be delivered to your mailing address via our overseas correspondence bank after card authentication in UK.

Further to the above points, please note that our official payment procedure takes up to three (3) working days and allocations are retrieved to treasury after ten (10) working days.

While, I await your quick response.

Regards,


Mr. Joseph Leon.
Foreign operations Office.
Intercontinental Bank Plc


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