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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: office webmail <office-----fil7030@att.net>
Reply-To: frank_sanchez@globomail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 05:17:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: SWIFT MESSAGE



SWIFT MESSAGE

Swift Input: FIN103 CUSTOMER CREDIT

Date of issue: 07 / 01 / 2010

Maturing at: 01/ 09 / 2010

Amount: $2,390,000.00 USD





TRANSIT BULK DELIVERY TRANSFER NOTIFICATION

REF:S076554920134392, ($2,390,000.00 MILLION) ONLY





Sir/Ma





With reference to thirty- six (36) payments sent to our bank on the 1st

September 2010 under the instructions of the International Center for

Settlement of Contracts & Investments Disputes (ICSID) which is an

autonomous international institution established under the United

Nations (UN) Convention on the Settlement of Contracts and Inheritance

Disputes, Lottery award Winnings etc,So far Twenty-seven (27) payments

have since been completed, while nine (9) payments remained pending.



Your email address has been submitted to our office as beneficiary to one

of the payments under the following transaction references;



TRN:-S076554920134392

Amount USD $2,390,000.00USD

Valid date 30th Nov. 2011

Order by ICSID via the Central Bank of France

Reference: FR/FMF/BCEAO-47/ES/MRD



We advise as status payment arriving our bank and ready for onward

transmission to your local bank account as the final beneficiary. The

fund transfer will be credited and completed via swift as a 72hrs

(3-days) normal banking period is allowed and shall be taking its normal

banking routing and clearing system through our correspondent bank.





Should you require any clarifications or inquire, please contact our

correspondent paying bank for further instructions.





BANCO CREDITOS FINANCIEROS

109,CALLE SAN PEDRO DE MONTIHO. 28001 MADRID, SPAIN



Contact person;-FRANK SANCHEZ

Email;- frank_sanchez@globomail.com

Tel/Fax: 34917-bancocreditos





Sincerely,

Pedro Torres

For ICSID

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