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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: "Bank of New York Mellon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bnymellon1@r7.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:42:02 +0400
Subject: Notification

Good Day
From The Desk Of:BNY Bank of New York Mellon,
Address:One Wall Street New York, NY 10286 United States.
Tele: +1-646-513-2634
Attention:,
We received your payment file from Africa on Friday 08-22-2014 for the sum of US$7,352,452.00 to be release into your bank account being one of the scam victim living in United States. Honestly what you did now is wrong you suppose to notify us officially one week that someone is coming to our office to claim your compensation fund of US$7,352,452.00 on your behalf so that we will prepare for it. The man came to my office this morning Mr. Philip with all the necessary information to transfer your fund into his account.
 
To avoid scam,  I want you to confirm to us immediately if actually Mr. Philip is acting on your permission.
 
You can call me. +1-646-513-2634
Mr.Eric D. Kamback
Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Trust
Bank of New York Mellon Plc

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