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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: "DR.KINGSLEY MOGHALU" <firewallrsl@royalsaltltd.com>
Reply-To: <kkdrkingsley001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 02:51:44 -0700
Subject: Re: CLARIFY !!!!!-111

OFFICE OF Central Bank-Nigeria
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Aso Rock villa, Asokoro District, Abuja


Dear Beneficiary

ALIVE OR DEAD

In the course of our General Auditing and Account revision of the last quarter of
the year 2014 ending within few days from now, we discovered that the Bank
Accounts with sum of $15.3 Million United States Dollars belonging to some
Benefactors have been changed on the basis that the owners have died some time
last two weeks or have given out an authorization note of change of data.

After the investigations, however,it was revealed that there are Foreigners who
are collaborating with Retired Staffs to make these changes illegally without
the knowledge of the Bonafide Benefactors and one traced to your own change is
this Mr Rick Jones who said you are dead, hence they have forwarded some
documents of funeral service held for you so as to divert your fund. They have
also forwarded to this office account below as the new account that will receive
this money

Bank:Hang Seng Bank
Bank Address: 83 Des Veoux Road,Central-Hong Kong
Account Name: Rick Jones
Account Number: 235-325172-882
Bank Code: 024
Swift Code: HASEHKHH

But we wanted to confirm if actually this is true and hence decided to write to
your email address which after 2 days from now and there is no response, we will
then know that you are dead indeed and go on with the transfer. If proved
otherwise by you that you did not die, please forward to us all the related
Benefactors particulars including your Telephone number,contact address. These
details from you will help to assist us reach a conclusion that you are not
dead.

Anything contrary to this claim will help us charge this man to court and
prosecute him while your fund will be paid to you immediately without any
further delay.

You have to get back to us on time for us to commence legal proceedings against
Mr. Rick Jones and his accomplices. Attached here are the pictures he presented
that you are dead.

We do await your positive response.

Yours truly,

THANKS AND WAITING TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION.

THANKS AND REMAIN BLESSED.

Dr. Kingsley Moghalu
Deputy Governor,
Financial System Stability
Will Need Courage

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