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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: "susannamoorehead" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:09:39 -0800
Subject: Telephone Banking Services

Dear  sir,

After  series of meetings and negotiation with the two Japanese's banks over
the official payment of ( $36,000,000.00) thirty six million united states
dollars and (GBP700,000,000.00) Seven hundred million British pounds sterling
respectively, we have taken it  upon ourself and decided to take over this
payment upon onward clearance  and  international delivery to you the
beneficiary of the fund. We indeed will officially like to complete the
clearing of your fund and afterward we will then give you the benefits of
using the telephone banking services.

Before we proceed with the clearing of your fund which required the sum of
($17,000.00) seventeen thousand united states dollars, we will like to inform
you that we have established a very  simple medium which will grant you the
opportunity  of withdrawals and general monetary transactions on your
telephone line any where in the world  after clearing,  regardless of where
your funds  are.

We have perfected this feature specially for the  convenience and luxury that
will enable you   relax  in  your  home or office and  perform  wire transfers
of your funds  via Telephone Banking system .

The piece of information below is to further enlighten you on this  subject
matter , just in case you are not used to it :

Telephone banking is a service feature offered by many banking institutions.
The process involves using the keypad on a touch-tone telephone to perform a
variety of banking functions. Along with traditional banks, phone banking is
also utilized extensively by online banking institutions, including banks that
conduct business primarily with the use of telephone technology.

The concept of telephone banking has been around for several decades.
Initially, the process required manual intervention by a bank employee.
Customers would call into the bank, answer questions to verify their
identities, and submit queries to the service representative. While somewhat
labor intensive, this approach did make it possible to conduct a number of
banking transactions from the comfort of home.

With the advent of touch-tone services, the idea of telephone banking took on
a new direction. Instead of connected with a live bank representative,
customers could use the keypad on a touch-tone phone to enter an automated
system and obtain information on bank accounts as of the latest posting day.
One advantage of this newer approach is that bank customers could call any
time of the day or night and check the status of their accounts. As technology
continued to progress, the scope of functions that could be performed with the
automated system expanded, making the service even more valuable to customers.

Note that the essence of this arrangement is to ease up the complication and
difficulty experienced  by Project Beneficiaries  in the Japanese Banks  that
were initially vested with the power to make payments to Project Beneficiaries

As the Apex and Mother of all other Banks in the World,  we reached a
resolution to save Beneficiaries the unfortunate predicament and
disappointment they were experiencing with the japanese banks and equally
redeem the image and standard of the Banking Industry by stripping the these
japanese Banks the Right to make payments and introduce measures to help check
their excesses for goodness sake.

However, Tantamount to this development you are required to forward the sum of
$17,000.00 (seventeen thousand united states dollars} to this Bank for prompt
Clearance, stamp duty , economic levy and proper Activation of  a  Bank
Account for you right here in our Bank , this Bank Account of yours can be
conveniently accessed from your choice location anywhere in the World, so you
can make all forms of monetary transaction  at  your perfect time as earlier
stated. It is important to understand that in conformity with the Ruling of
the International Court of Justice, Hague , There shall be no other financial
demand from this Bank or any other authority what so ever , as such act shall
severely prosecuted.

At this juncture your prompt compliance will enable us commence proper action
to this effect as planned, therefore, we urge you to respond urgently to this
information 
and adhere strictly to all instructions issued by the World Bank and not the
Banks in Japan  as further correspondence with those Banks will be regarded as
a financial crime aimed at sabotaging  the grand effort established by the
world Bank to make legal and certified payment to beneficiaries, as  any other
arrangement with any other Bank will be viewed as conspiracy  in respect of
illegal receipt of  you Project Funds and shall be treated as such without
leniency . A word is enough for the wise.

We are expecting your prompt response  urgently .

Regards

Mrs. Susanna Moorehead

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