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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- godwinmadu11@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "godwinmadu11@gmail.com" <boelettroutensili@libero.it>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 12:47:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE KINDLY GET BACK TO US FAST
How are today? i hope not bad ,well it has being a long time i have not heard
from you why? please kindly understand that your fund is still with us here in
Sky Bank Nigerian plc and now the international community, FBI and Federal
Government of Nigeria has approved us to transfer your fund into your bank
account but the problem we are having now is one Mr ALI Smith told us that you
are dead and he is your next of Kim to clam the fund and he has present all the
documents together with the new bank account information for us to transfer
the $3.5 million part payment to his bank account ...PLEASE WE WILL LIKE TO
HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE TO ENABLE KNOW WHAT TO DO OK
PLEASE HERE IS THE BANK ACCOUNT HE PRESENT TO US TO TRANSFER THE FUND BELOW,DO
YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?
Bank of America
6901 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132
ABA: 026009593 (International)
ACCT. #:003042656833
ACCT: Name: FMS Investments Inc.
Signatory: Floyd M. Shealy
I will be glad to hear from you fast IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE KINDLY GET BACK
TO US FAST AND REPLY ON THIS EMAIL godwinmadu11@gmail.com
Thanks
Mr Godwin Madu
Operations Director Sky Bank plc
email:-godwinmadu11@gmail.com
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