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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: JUSTICE HISASHI OWADA <citibncustomersgroup@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dip.ginar7nold@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 04:17:30 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend, Allocated Fund Beneficiary.

Final Solution to the Release of your over due payment from World Court:

Dear Friend, Allocated Fund Beneficiary.

This is to bring to your notice that We,the Management of the
International Court of Justice,The Hague,Netherlands had a meeting on
the 29th day of November,2013 with the World Bank Group,The Bank of
America Management Group and the African Union Leaders irrespective
of the ongoing fraudulent activities going on in the entire African
countries.

This is because we received numerous complaints and petitions from
different victims of African scam of which we have decided to put an
end to it forever.

In the process of our meeting,it was discovered that African banks
have totally refuse to transfer all the allocated fund beneficiaries
payment from their banks,but decided to sit on the money.

>From the list of the fund beneficiaries that have not receive their
allocated payments,your name and address was listed also.

We have therefore concluded that all the beneficiaries that have not
receive their allocated payments from the African banks will receive
an outstanding payment of US$2.8M each.

Irrespective of this matter,We have therefore deposited the total sum
of US$980M (Nine Hundred & Eighty Million U.S Dollars) only with the
Bank of America and have mandated the Management of the Bank of
America to release the sum of US$2.8M to each of the the beneficiaries
that have not receive their allocated payments from the African banks
in the past.

The Bank of America have send Mrs.Katie Krawczyk,The Director,Credit
Card Payments Dept.,Bank of America to the office of International
Monetary Fund( Lagos - Nigeria to handle the smooth and successful
transfer of the US$2.8M to the nominated bank account of all the
allocated fund beneficiaries.

Once you receive this mail from my Publicity Secretary,i want you to
get back to me with immediate effect along with a scanned copy of your
identification,your contact address and your receiving banking details
so that i can forward it by myself to Mrs.Katie Krawczyk,The
Director,Credit Card Payments Dept.,Bank of America over there in
Lagos Nigeria for immediate release of your fund of US$2.8M to your
account.

Thanks for your understanding & I look forward hearing from you.

Your's Truly,

Justice Hisashi Owada
President,International Court of Justice
The Hague,Netherlands.

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