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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: "Global Credit Bank Of China" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <global_unit@credit4u.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:08:25 -0700
Subject: RE: ORDER OF RELEASE, CONFIRM OR DISREGARDD ! d

Global Credit Bank China
28th floor, China Merchants’ Tower
161, east Lu Jia Zui Road, Pudong district
200120, Shanghai, China

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION:
Our File Ref No: CCHS/97531/SG-HAMB-00X901/2010
Attn: BENEFICIARY

We want to officially notify you that your funds valued at US$5.5million, being payment for your Overdue Inheritance/Contract entitlements has been programmed to be transferred to a Bank Account in the USA, following series of documents tendered by your Representative Mr. David L. Nielsen, and your Attorney Barrister John Swatz, of J. Swatz & Associates.
They have presented a "Power of Attorney" duly signed by you in which it was clearly stated that due to some inevitable circumstances beyond your control (ILL HEALTH) that you will not be able to finalize this payment yourself, thus appointing Mr. D.L. Nielsen to act on your behalf All transfer documents have been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Finance for final endorsement and are mandated to be concluded in a few days from now.
for any further change, quoting the above file reference number and within 48hrs as no change of information will be effected after transfer of funds. As a matter of urgency, we need a re-confirmation from you if the said Man and Attorney are your True Representatives before we proceed to issue final payment release order. Find below the account information they have presented for the transfer;

A/C Name: Blue Bell Realty, Inc.,
Bank: JP Morgan Chase Bank,
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza,
New York , NY.10081
Bank Routing #:021000021
A/C #:227863934766

We look forward to your swift response. And while responding to this mail you are to respond also to ( global_unit@credit4u.com )

Mr. Wang Yang
Executive Director,
Remittance/Foreign Operations Dept,

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