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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: "F.I.B EGYPT LTD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cr.greene@zing.vn>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 19:47:51 +0200
Subject: Re: DID YOU INSTRUCT ANYONE TO CONTACT US IN YOUR NAME.

                                                                                                                    DEED OF CLAIMS
 
I am Mr Craige Green of Faisal Islamic Bank London. We are bankers and securities Services company based in London, United Kingdom.
 
My company was awarded this huge contract by the UNITED NATION to investigate various contractors and individual beneficiaries all over the world regarding their outstanding claims and payments based on reports and queries passed onto the UNITED NATION by individuals and companies on how they have been mislead into paying taxes to partners and representatives and not getting their final payments and entitlements released to them.
 
Based on this report, the United Nations summoned all the participating nations to handover all pending payment files to its financial regulatory department for investigation and make sure all beneficiaries are contacted for update and payments accordingly after a critical verification is being carried out.
 
It is at this point my company got involved as we were awarded the contract on this matter. We have since dealt with various files and found a lot of irregularities on how individuals and companies have been scammed and ripped off their monies by partners and representative persuading beneficiaries to pay monies to them in the pretence that they are pursuing their claims while using such funds for their personal and selfish interest. While in truth the payment approval was no longer in their position to process. Statistically, our records show that more of such victims are those beneficiaries who had their dealings with transactions that generated from Africa and we are taking this into serious account.
 
We are now contacting you because your file came up among the cases that were handed to us for investigation. We have established leading information with your file, regarding a transaction with Mr. David Lambeth from 2007. You need to contact one of our agents that have been appointed to handle your case. He will you guide you through the investigation of your case.
 
Please note that we are not labelling any wrong doing against you at this point as you are a supposed beneficiary based on the report we have gathered so far. The good news in your case is that a the sum of Six Million Five hundred and Fifty thousand United States Dollars($6,550,000.00USD) was approved for payment in your name, but the same Mr. David Lambeth, Mr Cesar  and some corrupt officials diverted your funds to a different bank. They have been identified and apprehended. In-depth details of our investigation about the officers will be available to you for cross examination after verifying you as the actual beneficiary for security reason.
 
Your further assistance in the investigation is very important and will be of help to make our final report to our client(United Nation) and arrange for your money to be paid to you
 
Guidelines of our duties are spelt out as follows:
a)To keep communications with all parties confidential as stated under the data protection acts
b)To protect a supposed/potential beneficiary from any further payment in any case while investigation is being carried out
c)To collate all financial records of beneficiaries for re-imbursement when and where necessary
d)To submit all final reports to client and inform beneficiaries about follow up actions
e)To arrange beneficiaries payment process if verified for payment
 
Contact details of our agent dealing with your case is stated below:
 
cr.greene@zing.vn
 
Mr Craige Green
Foreign Remittance Director
Faisal Islamic Bank
76 Canada Square
Canary Wharf London E14 5NJ
 

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