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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: "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT" <ng33@fgn.com>
Reply-To: <fmf1234509@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:33:10 -0500
Subject: RESPOND NOW



This is to notify you that your fund has been approved for release to

you via Hsbc Bank Transfer.

Kindly reconfirm this application put in by Mrs. Jeanna White - she
submitted the under listed bank account information supposedly sent by

you to receive the funds on your behalf.

The bank information she applied with are stated thus:

Account Name: Jeanna White
Bank name: Citi Bank NA
Bank address: #1230 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Account Number: 016503809428
Routing Number: 2779210
Swift Code: CITIUS22

We wish to verify from you if this woman was authorized to receive the
funds on your behalf, to ensure that the paying bank will not be held
responsible for paying into the wrong hands/account.

The committee on overdue transfer funds has approved HSBC BANK UNITED
KINGDOM through the international remittance/foreign operations, to
transfer all overdue funds this quarter of the year.

However, if we do not receive any formal reconfirmation from you, it
automatically means that she was actually sent by you, to receive the
said Fund. Hence, you are hereby requested to reply this mail immediately
for confirmation, before we proceed with this payment and for us to know
the true position of things with you so that we won't make any
mistakes/errors in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong
person/account.

Lastly, you are advice to reconfirm the details of this message and get
back immediately with these information's below so as to enable us

cross check with the one we have to ensure no mistake in process of transfer.

Full name....................................

Address......................................

Age..........................................

Occupation...................................

Country......................................

Bank name....................................

Bank address.................................

Bank account.................................

Account type.................................

Note: This information's must be provided for reconfirmation to enable

us make payment to you, hence, your funds will be remit/wire into her
account.

Best regards,

Mr. Seun Williams

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recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or
distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and
destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you.

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