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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: "Mr. ROBERT WALKER" <rea.pasquale@alice.it>
Reply-To: bank.federal@rediffmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:47:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: This is to notify you

This is to notify you that a new development has been made by today in
which the Benin Republic Bank which is called First City Monument Bank
(FCMB) which has been holding your funds($8.5 million) all this while has
been ordered
to release it to you.
(bank.federal@rediffmail.com)


Therefore, you are expected to reconfirm to them your full receiving
information as they demanded.
So contact bank with your address, the person in charge is
Mr.
ROBERT WALKER

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