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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: "ACCESS BANK PLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <accessbankplc11111@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:27:02 +0200
Subject: Immediate Release Of Your Funds Worth US$10.5 Million.

Access Bank Of Nigeria Plc
#96/102, Broad Street,
PMB 12807, Lagos-Nigeria.
Call Me: +2348185532452
 
 
Immediate Release Of Your Funds Worth US$10.5 Million.
 
 
Attention: Beneficiary,
 
>From the records of outstanding foreign transaction due for payment with
the African Union authorities, your name was discovered as next on the
list of the outstanding transaction who has not received their payments.
 
 
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification
procedures this year 2015, we have detected a slight error in your payment
files here with the authorities. Please verify and reconfirm to this bank
unit your credentials in order to avoid remitting the
fund to a wrong channel as the mistake might be due to either of the
following reasons:
 
 
1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address,
telephone number etc ).
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial transaction process.
3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due
to an internal error within our processors.
 
The president of Federal Republic Of Nigeria and world bank has ordered
our bank to credit the sum of $10.5 million united states dollars into ATM
visa gold card, note that this office have commence the process of your
bill of payment and every necessary step concerning the immediate
remittance should be carried out within the shortest possible time once we
received your credentials to avoid
remitting the fund to a wrong channel.
Kindly verify and reconfirm to this office the bellow requirements to
prompt the delivery of your ATM visa gold card to you.
 
1. Your direct cell, office tel & fax numbers:
2. Your location address:
3. Your full name:
4. Your full details of you equity line of credit: for processing of your
fund bill of payment:
 
 
Thank you for your immediate understanding and co-operation as we wait for
your prompt response toward this official notification to enabling the
immediate process to release your unclaimed fund with Africa.
 
 
The management are therefore apologized you for any form of delay this
might have encountered you in the course of the transfer. We are poised to
serve you better.
 
 
Again, thank you for making use of our bank for your financial services.
 
 
Your Sincerely,
 
 
Mr. Victor Etukwu.
Manager, Access Bank Nig, PLC
 
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This Email is intended for the named recipient only and may contain
privileged and confidential information. If you have received this email
in error, please notify us immediately. Please do not disclose the
contents to anyone or copy it to outside parties. Thank you.
 
 
 

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