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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: "MONICA LEWINS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@fcibcib.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:22:55 -0800
Subject: FOREIGN PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FROM UN AND WORLD BANK.

ATTENTION: THE APPROVED BENEFICIARY,

IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE STATED SUBJECT WE HAVE BEEN MANDATED BY THE UN AND WORLD BANK TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE ALL OUTSTANDING DEBTS DUE IN FAVOR OF FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES IN CONFORMITY WITH THE''EXTERNAL DEBT APPROPRIATION ACT''IN FAVOR OF ALL APPROVED FOREIGN BENEFICIARIS AND IT INCLUDES THE SUM OF US$15M(FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)ONLY,IN YOUR PAYMENT FILE WHICH HAVE BEEN UNFOLDED AS UNCLAIMED FUNDS IN OUR VAULT.

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT ALL MODALITIES HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR THE ONWARD RELEASED AND TRANSFER OF YOUR FUNDS THROUGH ING BANK BELGIUM,NOTE THAT YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO TRAVEL TO BELGIUM TO MEET WITH THE OFFICIALS FOR THE PROCESSING OF THE RELEASE AND TRANSFER OF YOUR FUNDS.KINDLY CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY FOR MORE DETAILS.


MONICA LEWINS
FOREIGN PAYMENT SETTLEMENT.

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