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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: Foreign Exchange Dept. <info@rbi.in>
Reply-To: <rbicompensation@asia.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 12:50:24 +0530
Subject: Notice

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA 2015
INDIA CENTRAL BANK,
NEW DELHI -India.
 
SCAMMED VICTIM/ $500,000. Dollars BENEFICIARIES.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: ECB/06654 $500,000. Dollars
 
Scam victims compensation 2015
$500,000 USD BENEFICIARY.
 
ATT BENEFICIARY:
 
On Behalf of the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (Dr. Raghuram Rajan) and the Government of India, we wish to notify you as a beneficiary of  $500,000.USD (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in compensation of scam victims.
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated  from the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA and the Government of  India to pay 150 victims of  internet and various scams $500,000 USD each, Your E-mail ID or  mobile number  were listed and approved for this payment as one of the scam victims. According to the number of  applicants  at hand, 114  Beneficiaries have been paid over an  half of the victims are from the United States and here in Asia-India. We still  have a pending of 36 compensations left to be paid.
According to the last meeting held here in the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (ASIA), it was brought to our  notice of  the various type of scam that is going on in our world today, and this scammer's is even using the name of the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA(RBI) to scam people. Today, many  people  have lost their property and many have gone in bankruptcy because of these CRIMINALS.
 
YOU ARE ADVISED TO FILL THE FORM BELOW FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR COMPENSATION FUND IMMEDIATELY.
1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Mobile Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
7. Sex:
8. Age:
9. Nationality:
10. Country:
11. Marital Status:
12. Winning E-mail id:
13. Bank Name:
14. Account Number:
15. Account Holders Name:
16. Bank Branch:
17. Scanned copy of your id proof:
 
NOTE: You are to immediately provide with the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA the above informations  and you  also need to pay  Eighteen Thousand Five Hundred Rupees(18,500  INR.
)as the approval/crediting fee to enable us facilitate the release of your compensation fund to you immediately. Also you are not to duplicate or communicate with any one about this because we are still in trace of  this  internet hoodlums and criminals.
 
 
Yours truly,
Mr John Whyte
for: Foreign Remittance Department
Online Banking Unit
RBI.
Via Email: rbicompensation@asia.com
WEB (http: http://www.rbi.org.in)
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