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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: =?UTF-8?Q?=D7=99=2E=20=D7=90=2E?= <yoked26@walla.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:57:15 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=50=4C=45=41=53=45=20=57=45=20=4E=45=45=44=20=59=4F=55=52=20=43=4F=4D=46=49=52=4D=41=54=49=4F=4E=21=21?=

FIRST BANK NIG PLC

Corporate Head Office

35, Marina , Lagos. Nigeria

 

ATTN: HONORABLE BENEFICIARY:                               Ref;Etp/14/12

ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE!!

                                              
 The Federal Government of Nigeria has approve a part payment of 10Million United State Dollars. It is my pleasure to inform you that one Mr. Robert Henshaw came to our office with a Nigerian Lawyer Barrister Vincent Omo claiming that you are dead. Mr Robert presented an Account to us to transfer your fund. Bellow is the account he presented to transfer the said fund into his bank account.

Full Bank Account Information: Mr Robert Henshaw

Account Number: 04805- 09400

Routing number: 122000661

Bank Of America

160 E. Yorba Linda Blvd.

Placentia, CA.,92870

Bank Swift Code: BOFAUS3N

For your information if we did not hear from you then we have no option rather to transfer the Money to their account. We expect your reply as soon as possible enable us to act in this regard The federal government officials wants us to pay them the accrued interested but we refuse; that is the reason why we want to confirm from you before be remit the money to the account that Mr Robert Henshaw .If they discover that this fund is still in our custody they will call it back to the government treasury.

Your prompt reply is expected within 14 working day of the receipt of this mail. Please reply me on this Email: firstbank1980@mailbox.hu

Yours faithfully,

Mr John Aboh

Please reply me on the is Email: firstbank1980@mailbox.hu

For FIRST BANK NIG PLC

 

 

 

 

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