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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: Mr SAM DAVID <hukklkikdetfghyjyjyj@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Mr SAM DAVID <diamondbankplc642@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 08:32:57 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNT TRANSFER NOTICE


 


Congratulations,
 
 
 TheUnited Nations Security Council , hereby receives your
 payment with
 reference number #.MAV/UNO/WBO/LM-05-371 amounting to
 US$2.4
 ( Two
 million, four hundred thousand dollars only) This council
 was set up to
 fight against scam and fraudulent activities
 worldwide,responsible for
 investigating the legitimacy of unpaid contract,inheritance
 and lotto
 winning claims by companies and individuals and directs the
 paying
 authorities worldwide to make immediate payment of verified
 claims to the
 beneficiaries without further delay, your said payment was
 deposited with
 DIAMOND BANK PLC BENIN REPUBLIC and you will gain online
 access for you to
 access and transfer your funds through internet banking ,
 we
 also
 confirmed that you have met all statutory requirements in
 respect of your
 pending payment except that you have to change the name on
 the account
 which we opened for you with your funds, presently the name
 on the account
 is UNITED NATIONS so you need to change it to your name..
 This important
 notice is to let you know that your payment is ready to be
 moved by
 DIAMOND BANK PLC BENIN REPUBLIC Online banking transfer
 system where the
 account was opened.
 
 
 All you are to do now is to contact Diamound Bank for your
 online account
 in formations so that you can logon to the account to
 confirm the
 availability of your funds then after that you will have to
 change the
 name on the account to your own personal name because the
 name we used in
 opening the account for you is UNITED NATIONS. please note
 you will not be
 able to transfer your funds until you change the name on
 the
 account so
 you are to contact Diamound bank with your informations as
 needed below.
 
 (1) Your Full Name:
 (2) Home Address:
 (3) Phone, Fax and Mobile
 (4) Company Name
 (5) Bank Name:
 (6)Country
 
 Here are the contact details of Denith Bank which you are
 to
 contact
 immediately for your online account information's to
 confirm
 the
 availability of your funds.
 BANK NAME: Diamound Bank Plc .
 EMAIL:(diamondbankplc852@yahoo.com.ph)
 PHONE:+2298069201
 
 you have to try to contact them as soon as possible so they
 can send you
 the online account information's as we have already
 informed
 them that you
 will be contacting them for the request of the account
 information's,
 please do not forget to contact them with your details as
 your request
 might be ignored if your information's is not included
 to
 prove that the
 message is coming from you. Yours Faithfully,
 Mr SAM DAVID
 Director, Special Duties
 
 YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNT TRANSFER
 NOTICE

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