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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MR. Dov Kol" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fibibankukplc_telex_dept@o2.pl>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 13:21:11 +0200
Subject: INFORMATION

 
 
FIBI Bank (UK) plc
24 Creechurch Lane,
London, EC3A 5JX
Tel: +447011132455
Fax: +447011132456
Swift: FIRBGB 2L
 
Attention: Mr,
 
 
The public information center of FIBI Bank (UK) plc Auditors have gotten serious report regarding your outstanding payment which is still pending base on the international communities UN ability to fulfill their full job obligation in regards to the international requirement in the past, base on their failure to deliver your payments to you because of their UN professionalism, we the FIBI Bank (UK) plc have decided to use our professional understanding with the International communities over your payment.
After our full studied of your payment file which we finally understand that the officers who is claiming to have being helping you from : West Africa Nigeria, Benin, south Africa, Senegal Ghana including the federal reserve officers, they are all corrupt, they have taken full advantage of you by asking you for so many payments because they don't understand how to handle this situation for you. which is fully unprofessional and because of UN professionalism they cannot achieve this goal.
 
 
We public information center Fibi Bank is here to inform you that the Fibi Bank Telex Department UK, is now responsible to make sure they pay this money to you within the duration of 104 hours from the first day you response to this important message and development, i want you to understand that all the officers you have being dealing with all this time have fail to help you complete this transaction because they cannot handle your matter the way Deutsche Trust Company America will handle it because they are the only people in-charge of this matter now and the are fully in-charge of this payment to you and they have 104 hours to achieve this goal with this methods of payments as follows.
 
 
Mode of Payment
 
1. Via Online Banking Service which we will allow you to sit in your house with your computer to access your account balance Online and also allow you to make withdrawals from your account with Community Bank Of America which we are going to open for you and your opening balance will be part payment of your fund which will be ($15M) Fifteen million united states dollars only.
 
 
However, you are advised to welcome the above mentioned bank as You contact Them and kindly cooperate with their payment advices in order to direct your acclaimed fund($15million) through their certified online banking technology.
 
 
Call the office Immediately.
 
Thanks
Mr,Dov Kol.
Phone: 0044-702-4032772

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