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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?B?Ik1SLktJTkdTTEVZIE1PR0hBTFUi?= <kingsley_moghalu742@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:

Attn:Sir/Madam

Ref: Payment of $10.5 million approval.

We rec= eived instruction few days from our correspondence bank to transfer the sum= of $10.5 million into your account which we are on the process to open an = online banking account on your name and forward to you the account informat= ion so that you can transfer your fund into your regular account in your co= untry by your self, to avoid any problem.

But we are surprise this m= orning when we are about to open your online banking account and received a= nother email  from Ms Diane L. Mcallister whom claim to be your repres= entative and forward to us the following account information for us to tran= sfer the fund into her account.

The account which she forward to us = as follow.

Bank of America
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Diane = L. Mcallister
Account#  003767127294
Routing # 063100277
65 J= abotinsky St\#2
Ramat Gan,  ISRAEL 54224

Please, Do reconfir= m to us as a matter of urgency if this lady is from you and has your author= ity to receive your fund .If this lady is not your representative, You are = requested to fill and send this information for verification purpose, so th= at your fund value of $10.5million united state dollars will be paid to you= through online banking method.

1. YOUR FULL NAME...................= .......
2. YOUR TELEPHONE......
3. FAX...............................= ....................
4. AGE...........
5. SEX........................= ............
6. YOUR OCCUPATION................................
7. YO= UR ADDRESS........................

HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSU= E ALL PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID MS.Diane L. Mcallister, IF WE DO NOT HEAR= FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY, WE WILL PROCESS AN= D RELEASE THE FUND

INTO Ms Diane L. Mcallister ACCOUNT. Confirm your= receipt of this mail without delay.

Yours in service

Dr. Kin= gsley Moghalu
Deputy Governor,
Financial System Stability




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