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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: Financial Bank <jbjaxv@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Financial Bank <financialbank@pisem.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 01:00:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Transfer_Notice_of_Your_A=C2=ADpproval_$10.5_Million?=


 01 BP 2700 Cotonou Bénin
Tel: + 229 64 55 62 63 ou 66 95 03 69
Fax: + 229 21 31 31 05
Email: financialbank@pisem.net
 
The Board of Trustees and Management of Financial Bank Benin wish to officially inform you today that your outstanding Inheritance fund valued at the total sum of US$10,500,000,00 (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which was deposited with our bank here in Benin to your name two years ago has been legally approved and Authorized by the European Union committee on Foreign Payment Resolution, following with the payment release letter we received from Fund Regulatory Agency, Finance Ministry and U.S Ambassador to Benin for onward transfer, therefore, an instruction to credit your fund have been given to this Bank by the (FRB) Federal Reserve Bank for immediate release of your fund to your bank account.
 
However, we the Financial Bank of Benin are hereby advise you to quickly reconfirm your full banking information to this bank once again to enable us cross check it with the one they submitted to us before we can proceed with the claim process of your fund. This is to avoid any mistake or wrongful transaction, and we will not be responsible for any lost of fund so as a result of this we now advise you to kindly get back to us with your Residential Home Address and your complete Banking details if you will like us to transfer the fund through wire transfer as to enable the management of this bank facilitate the smooth release of your fund to your account.
 
Considering the volume of your payment, it is right for us to seek for the approval of some money regulatory Boards here in Benin before we can carry out the Transfer of an amount of such magnitude to anybody, otherwise any such transfer will be stopped by the Authorities of Financial Bank of Benin, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), since your Transfer is Electronic Transfer or Swift Wire transfer is almost activated with our bank and the only thing holding the final activation of your  Account are some certain Approval Documents from the concerned Authorities here in Benin Republic. Note: we have two method of transferring the fund to you.
 
Option 1): if you want the fund to be transferring to you through Bank to Bank wire transfer kindly forward your Banking details such as follows.
 
Your account number:.......
Name of bank:..............
Bank address:.............
Bank user name:............
Routing number:...........
Home address:.............
Copy of ID:................
Phone number:.......
Occupation:...........
Age & Sex:...........
Country: .........
State of origin:.......
 
Option 2) to upload the total fund into an ATM CARD which will be delivering to your door step by the Bank chosen Courier Company and the package will arrive at your home address within 48-hours. The process required the following information.
 
Full name:
Full mailing info:
Your cell phone line:
Country:
State:
City:
 
Kindly chose your payment choice and get back to us as soon as possible
 
Yours faithfully

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