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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: <office17@massde.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <londoncashpaycenter@admin.in.th>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:14:42 +0530
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.

We are very sorry to hear that the bank has not released your over due payment fund of $2.850m to you all this while, for that reason, another arrangement has been made with a new bank that will securely transfer the fund into your bank account.

Note that the reason why we are doing all this is to make sure that you receive the fund as our department has been given the responsibility by the Ministry of Finance to make the payment to you, but unfortunately, the former bank was not able to accomplish the task.

As soon as I receive an acknowledgment of receipt of this letter from you, the contact details of the new bank that will carry out the transfer of the fund $2.850m to your nominated bank account will be sent to you so that you can open communication with them regarding your payment. Demand for your PIN COD from him, all it will cost you is $89 only to het this transaction completed.

Contact information:
REV. JON BASIL
Chief Protocol Officer on Foreign Payment Department.Dispatch Unit.
Email: ( dr.sir.jonbasilnewdelhi@live.com )
+918654284191


Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Paul Smith.

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