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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: "Reliance Bank UK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bljohn22@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 21:36:46 -0700
Subject: Respond

Reliance Bank UK (RB)
Faith House,
23-24 Lovat lane,
London
EC3R 8EB

MY DIRECT TEL: TEL:44-704 5785591
My Direct Email: bljohn22@yahoo.co.uk

Attn: Sir,

OUR REF: RB/435/X0/026
FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION:

RE CHANGE OF YOUR BANKING PARTICULARS BEFORE FINAL TRANSFER.

This is from the Reliance Bank UK- London United kingdom.
We received a bank to bank telex information regarding your final payment from your paying bank for the transfer of a part payment of USD10,000,000.00 (TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY).

After due verification of the transfer details received from your paying bank and a return telex sent to them for affirmation, before final transfer to your bank account as contained in the approval file sent to us, we just received from the bank a letter of a change of beneficiary's account from your original bank account to: Stating that you died in a ghastly car accident.
are you really dead?
PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD OR COPY THIS MAIL TO ANYBODY OF ANY KIND FOR SECURITY REASONS IN CASE YOU ARE NOT DEAD.

FIFTH THIRD BANK USA
100 HWY 150
P.O BOX 100
COLDSPRING, TX. 77331
ACCOUNT NAME: MICHELLE R. LEWIS
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 578278
ROUTING NUMBER: 113101524


Please confirm if you are aware of this new development within 72 hrs of your receipt of this message otherwise, we will be compelled to effect the new changes and commence the final transfer of the above fund to the new account above.

You are to reach me anytime on my direct numbers above for action.

We are expecting your immediately response.

Yours Sincerely,


John Blair,
(Senior Vice President)
For: Reliance Bank UK (RB)

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