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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: "Apex Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lawson1@tutopia.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:59:17 -0700
Subject: Attention Receiver:

Attention Receiver:


This is to confidently clarify you that; we have completed your transaction file but, discovered that the disappointment to obtain your payment is because you have not finished the task given to you concerning your payment.

Secondly, it has been brought to our understanding that; you are still communicating with deceitful personnels from odd banks. Hence, you are warned to hang up such forbidden operation if you desire to acquire your payment because, we have come to a conclusion to bring end result to your monetary predicament.

At this moment, the amount valued Ten Million Dollars has been approved all over our speedy card payment center here in Africa, as that is the most current order by the Management Committee of the Apex Bank in union with the Federal Executive Council of our Federation.

This card center will dispatch you an inter-switch powered Visa or Master ATM card; for you to withdraw cash from any ATM outlet in any part of the world, with daily withdrawal maximum value of Two Thousand Dollars only, so if you would like to obtain your endowment using this licensed and discounted kind of reimbursement, gently provide the essential data below:

1. Your full name:
2. Telephone number (s): signify if cell, office or home and best to call
3. Existing residential address for ATM Card transit:

Once more, put off all e-mail or telephone relations with any bank (s), person (s) or bureau presenting possibility to make you acquire certain figure or the other, so as to elude any wrong step in finalizing your payment.


Best wishes,

Mr. Stanley Lawson
Finance & Accounts
Apex Bank.

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