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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: CONTINENTAL BANK <continentalbank@bk.ru>
Reply-To: continental.bank@accountant.com
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:18:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONTINENTAL BANK TRANSFER/06/10/2010 !


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CONTINENTAL BANK REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT UNIT
TREASURY BILLS &
BOUND
Head Office Address:2A NEW MARKET ROAD MARTCHE
COTONOU,
Branch office:FEGA MAMAMI TUPO SHADE BANKING HALL COTONOU-BENIN OF
REPUBLIC.
Customer care:+22996846005

 CONTINENTAL BANK
NOTICE BOARD

MY NAME IS MR.CHOU WILLIAMS, I WRITE TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT
I WAS APPOINTED AS THE NEW BANK MANAGER OF CONTINENTAL BANK AND AS I RESUME FULL
WORK  4TH OCTOBER 2010 I FOUND YOUR TRANSACTION FILE AND THAT YOUR TRANSFER IN
THE BANK BOUNDED ACCOUNT HAS NOT BEEN EFFECTED TO YOU SINCE THE PAST YEARS AND
AS I HAVE THE NEW PROJECT AT HAND, I HAVE FORWARD YOUR PAYMENT FILE TO OUR
FOREIGN TRANSFER UNIT TO LOOK INTO YOUR FILE AND HAVE YOUR PENDING TRANSACTION
WITH THE BANK COMPLETED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR
COUNTRY.
 
AFTER THE OFFICIAL MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF FOREIGN TRANSFER
UNIT YESTERDAY,IT WAS APPROVED THAT YOUR TOTAL DUE SUM OF $950,000.00 IN THE
BANK BOUNDED ACCOUNT SHOULD BE WIRED INTO YOUR OVER SEE ACCOUNT
.
 
TO
CARRY OUT THIS TRANSFER, THE FOREIGN TRANSFER BOARD HAS OUTLINE THAT FIRST YOU
MUST BECOME AN ACCOUNT HOLDER WITH THIS BANK AND THIS SIMPLY MEANS THAT YOU HAVE
TO OPEN A NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK TO ENABLE THE FOREIGN TRANSFER
UNIT BE ABLE TO REMIT YOUR DEPOSITED FUND IN THE BANK BOUNDED ACCOUNT INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK BEFORE WE CAN BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THE TOTAL MONEY IN THIS
YOUR ACCOUNT YOU SHALL OPEN WITH US  TO YOUR OVERSEA ACCOUNT THERE IN YOUR
COUNTRY.
 
TO
OPEN A NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK WILL COST YOU JUST $105.95USD only
FOR YOU TO BECOME AN ACCOUNT HOLDER WITH THIS
BANK.
 
a)THE BANK  CHARGE YOU $80.00 USD TO OPEN A NON RESIDENTIAL
ACCOUNT FOR YOU.
 
b)AND YOU MUST HAVE A BALANCE OF AT LEAST $20.00USD IN THIS YOUR
NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK BEFORE WE CAN BE ABLE TO CREDIT YOUR FUND
FROM THE BANK BOUNDED ACCOUNT INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK IN READINESS FOR
THE TRANSFER TO YOUR OVERSEAS
ACCOUNT.
 
THE FOREIGN TRANSFER UNIT HAS APPOINTED AN ACCOUNT OFFICE WHO
WILL OPEN THE NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT FOR YOU ONCE YOU COMPROMISE AND SEND THE
OPEN ACCOUNT FEE TO HIS INFORMATION BELOW. IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT YOU
SHOULD USE YOUR APPOINTED ACCOUNT OFFICE NAME AND DETAILS BELOW AND SEND THE
OPEN ACCOUNT CHARGE OF $105.95 VIA WESTERN UNION NOW SO AS TO SPEED UP THE RATE
OF PICK UP AND THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER BE CONDUCTED TO YOU IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT
FURTHER DELAY.
 
ACCOUNT OFFICE
DETAILS.
 
RECEIVER NAME==============AMEKE C.
MICHAEL
COUNTRY====================BENIN
REPUBLIC
CITY=========================COTONOU
TEST QUESTION
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ANSWER======================PIN
 
AFTER YOU SEND THE OPEN ACCOUNT CHARGE $105.95USD GET BACK TO US
WITH THE MTCN AND AS WELL AS YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHERE THE TRANSFER SHALL
BE CONDUCTED TO YOU AS STATED
BELOW.
 
Full
names...............
Address................
Country...............
Telephone
and Fax numbers...............
Occupation...............
Yours ID or your
drivers license ...............
Bank name and address...............
Bank
account number...............
claimer
Signature................
Date...............
 
YOURS IN SERVICE,
MR.CHOU WILLIAMS
THE
MANAGER,
CONTINENTAL BANK



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