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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: "MR. BEN S. BERNANKE" <frbafrba002002@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 13:16:13 +0100
Subject: MR. BEN S. BERNANKE( UNITED WE STAND) PAYMENT NOTIFICATION. VERY
URGENT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

*BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

DEAR VALUED CUSTOMER:**

ATTN: Nancy Burg" <

THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE LUCKY BENEFICIARY.

YOUR PAYMENT FILE WAS FIRST TO ATTEND IN TODAY MEETING, AND THE MEETING IS
WELL ALL ABOUT THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND AND WE ARE GOING TO COMMENCE FULLY
TO CREDIT YOUR PAYMENT AND WE HAVE TODAY 17TH OCT, 2010 RECEIVED A PAYMENT
CREDIT INSTRUCTION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIAN TO CREDIT YOUR
ACCOUNT WITH YOUR FULL INHERITANCE FUND OF US$10 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE
NIGERIAN RESERVE ACCOUNT WITH OUR BANK, BANK OF AMERICA.

HOWEVER, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWINGS DATA BELOW:

(1). YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.

(2). YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS.

(3). YOUR CONFIDENTIAL CELL NUMBER.

(4). YOUR ACCOUNT NAME.

(5) ACCOUNT NUMBER.

(6). YOUR SWIFT CODE NUMBER.

(7)ROUTING NUMBER

(8). YOUR OCCUPATION.

(8). SEX

PLEASE DO PROVIDE THE ABOVE INFORMATION ACCURATELY, BECAUSE THIS OFFICE
CANNOT AFFORD TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY WRONG TRANSFER OF FUNDS OR
LIABILITY OF FUNDS CREDITED INTO A GHOST ACCOUNT.

THANKS FOR BANKING WITH BANK OF AMERICA, WHILE WE LOOK FORWARD TO GIVE
YOU THE BEST OF OUR SERVICE.


YOURS SINCERELY,
MR. BEN S. BERNANKE
CHAIRMAN FEDERAL RESERVE BANK.
*

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