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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: "Commercial Bank Plc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <commercialbnkplc@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 07:51:20 +0100
Subject: YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IS ABOUT TO BE CLOSED.

Attention : Dear Account Owner..

Good day to you.


This message is coming to you from the Commercial Bank, in regards to your account that is with us worth $10,980,000.00 which is still pending here in our
bank and will be terminated within the next 7 working days if we do not get your response, your account will be closed and your funds confiscated and handed
over to the government as abandoned fund you have to get back to us as soon as you get this email for further inquiry.


We wish to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one Mrs. Jeanne White who claims to be your business associate/partner.Kindly reconfirm this application put in by Mrs. Angelia Jefferson - she submitted the under listed bank account information supposedly sent by you to receive the funds on your behalf.


The bank information she applied with are stated thus:


Account Name: Mrs. Angelia Jefferson

Bank name: Citi Bank NA

Bank address: #1230 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA

Account Number: 013439887655

Routing Number: 2771722

Swift Code: CITIUS30



The said Mrs. Angelia Jefferson is claiming to this office that you are dead and have Instructed that all relevant documentation/Information regarding your Payment/Transfer, be changed to her as the beneficiary of the payment short-listed among the foreign beneficiaries entitled to receive their payment.


For your Information, this Government has approved the total amount of TEN MILLION, NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY, in your favor, prior to the Federal Government instructions/mandate to offset all outstanding payments to the various legal foreign beneficiaries around the world and your payment file was affected. We need to confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead as made mention by your Associate.


Contact the accountant to your account Mrs Andrea Wiley Collins, she is the person in-charge of the account you have to be fast with this.


Contact Name : Mrs Andrea Wiley Collins


Contact Email Address : andreawcollins@accountant.com


Note that we have a very limited time on this now would like you to urgently respond to this message with your full name, full address,direct phone number so
that we can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 7 working days. Once again.


Best Regards
Mr Charles Johnson

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