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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: G20's F.S.Board <deldittreasureislands@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 16:12:02 +0000
Subject: RE: YOUR FUNDS


Numerous attempts that I made to talk to you by telephone were abortive. So I decided to communicate to you by e-mail. Bank of England (Central Bank of UK) hijacked funds that tried to divert to Lloyds Bank 25 Gresham Street London EC2V 7HN UK. Bank officials in Africa are masterminds of the illicit funds transfer operation. We interrogated them. They said the funds belong to you. They said you died and no means to locate your relations to claim the funds, so they decided to keep the funds in Lloyds Bank in UK for safety until they find your relations to claim the funds. After all, we made inquiries and observed you are still alive.

Board of Directors of Bank of England decided the funds should be returned to Africa where it originated from. But I personally do not want the funds to go back to Africa. I believe they will still divert the funds elsewhere if the funds are returned to Africa. I want the funds to be transferred to your bank account directly. So supply bank account of your choice to receive the funds. Act fast. Bank of England is preparing to do audit. I want the funds to get to your bank account in a hurry. Otherwise, the auditors will find the funds in the vault during auditing and the funds shall be confiscated. Meanwhile, I have told Board of Directors of Bank of England the funds have been returned to bank in Africa where it originated from as they decided. I deceived the Board of Directors to have the chance to reroute to your bank account the whole funds.

I am sending to you this message through unofficial e-mail account. I purposely created this e-mail account to use it to write to you. I do not want to use my official e-mail account since webmasters of Bank of England monitor all communications that traverse www.bankofengland.co.uk and I never wanted anybody to know about my communication with you.

mcarney@naver.com
boefiles@outlook.com

These two e-mail accounts are protected. Contact me only through the two e-mail accounts mcarney@naver.com and boefiles@outlook.com

Yours faithfully,

Mark Joseph Carney
Governor of Bank of England
Chairman of G20's Financial Stability Board
Threadneedle St, London, EC2R 8AH
Phone: +44 20 7601 4444
+44 20 7601 4771
www.bankofengland.co.uk

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