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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: "TD ONLINE BANK" <johnwest681@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: OnlineBankiing@accountant.com
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 02:20:46 +0300
Subject: Attn: Account Holder

Attn: Account Holder
What is going on?I believed that i have sent you this letter several times
without any respond from you to complete this transaction till date.I want you
to understand that i have really worked too much on your behalf to ensure that
you start accessing your funds and it seem to me that you are not willing to
start receiving your funds and the start making your transfer.via online
transfer which you can transfer $70,000 per day is that we have try many time
to sent you this funds via Atm but it didn't work because of scam and fraud.
So that why we want you to use your hands and transfer your funds through
online to your personal account with the code
It has been over Three months now and you haven't sent the fee.Am written once
more today to inform you that you still have the chance to received your funds
now according to the bank director email this morning.

The bank has created an online bank account on your behalf and the online bank
account has been funded with the total sum of $2,500,000.00 USD in which you
would be able to withdraw any amount of money daily from the online account.
Welcome! To - TDBank Online Plc Secure Account Page
Account Name
Account Type
Activate Online Banking Account
Created Opened Account Balance
01-9-2014 $2,500,000,00 USD
Account Number TD Sort Code
00169381103-43371 1022-03-8733
Country Name Of bank
International Money Transfer Input


Swift Code PNBPUS33
Account Number1010169857507
The bank has also stated that you could be able to start accessing the online
bank account once the transfer code has been issued to you and this code will
be issued to you at the sum of $55 Usd.

The bank has also directed that the payment should be sent through Western
Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Transfer with the below details.

RECEIVER NAME:MRS TIMOR DOSSA
CITY: COTONOU
COUNTRY: COTONOU-BENIN
TEST QUESTION: TRUST
TEST ANSWER: IN GOD
AMOUNT: $55
MTCN Number...
Senders Name...

Send the following details to me as soon as you make the payment which are
senders name and address, Mtcn Number, Text Question and Answer Used and the
amount sent.
Once the payment of $55 Usd has been received by today, then the bank would
issue the TRANSFER CODE/TRANSFER PIN to you which you would use to make the
final transfer to any bank account of your choice.

I would be waiting for the details as directed as soon as possible.

VIEW THE ATTACH COPY

THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.
Respectively
MR DOUGLAS GEORGE
Assistant Director.
E-mail:(OnlineBankiing@accountant.com)

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