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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: "Bev Crowle" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hxmnyd@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:38:18 +0200
Subject: Important Notice!!

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
 
              We have been in custody of the sum of Ten Million United States Dollars(US$10,000,000:00)only transferred from a Nigerian bank for an onward transmission into your nominated bank account on route the J P Morgan Chase bank.
 
 
This fund has remained in the floating account because the full details of your receiving bank was not complete hence the need for you to contact this bank through this email with the details of your bank  so that I will forward it to the JP Morgan Chase bank in order to complete this transfer.
 
 
Remember that this bank will have no option than to return this money back to Nigeria if you fail to act fast because this money has been here for a long time.
 
 
All correspondences regarding this should be channeled through this email.
 
Yours  In service
 
Bev Crowle
For, Federal Reserve Bank

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