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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: "Ms. Debra Woods" <debrawoods227@gmail.com>
Reply-To: debrawoods227@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 16:08:52 -0500
Subject: Change of Bank Account Notice



Change of Beneficiary Applicant: Ms Joan Barker
Contact Email Address: joanbarker@hotmail.com
Bank Name: PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK ,USA
Acct Number: 063 0184216
Account Name: Joan Barker

Attn: John Bush

we hereby notify you that Insurance Compensation Payments to surviving
relatives/next of kin as cited on the Emergency Contact Forms filled by
victims of the missing flight Malaysia Airline MH370 has been issued to
our bank by the Insurance Company that insured the missing flight.

In the list of Next of Kin, we noticed that your name appears as one of
the Next of Kin approved for payment of insurance claim compensation.
However, after our formal publication of Notice to Payment Release to
Next of Kin, we received an application from Mrs Joan Barker for change of
next of kin in respect to the payment having your name and information.
She cited that you are dead, and your family has appointed as the Receiver
of the Insurance Claim Compensatory Payment.

Having acknowledged the Application, we have initiate the process of
releasing payment, however, in line with bank due diligence requirements,
we are required to reach you to confirm the authenticity of Ms Joan
Barker application, before the Insurance Compensatory Claim funds will be
remitted to her

Therefore, upon your receipt of this mail we urgently require a response
from you refuting the contents of this application and also provide us
the following information to reconfirm to us that you are alive and did
not approved of her application.

Deposit Account Amendment/Activation Questionnaires
===================================================

Full Name: ________________________________________________
Occupation: _______________________________________________
Mode Of ID: _______________________________________________
ID Number: ________________________________________________
Gender: Male ____________ Female ___________
Street Address Full: ___________________________________________
City, State: ___________________________ (e.g falls church,VA)
Country: _______________________________________________________
TelePhone Number: ___________________________________________
Date of birth: ________________________________________________
Next Of Kin: __________________________________________________



If we do not hear from you within 5 working days, we will assumed that the
contents of the application is correct and will proceed with release of
the funds to Ms. Joan Barker



Yours
Debra Woods
CitiSecurites
Citi Bank Group Plc.
Jersey, British Virgin Island, UK
Tel: +447937453011


This e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the
individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is
privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under
applicable law. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended
recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the
message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
dissemination,distribution, or copy of this communication is strictly
prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please
immediately notify us by telephone and return
the original message to us at the listed e-mail address.Thank you
----------------------------End of Text Msg------------------------------


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Dear beloved

I am Mrs. Debra Woods from Iceland, married to Late Engr Kevin Woods {PhD}
who worked with MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANY EXXON AS A DRILLING RIG SUPPLIER
in Nigeria for 19 years before he died on the 22nd August 2008. We were
married for twenty four years without a child. My late Husband made a
fixed deposit in a financial firm in Europe. l was recently dignosized for
Cancer, and do not have much time to live according to my doctor. l want
to entrust this funds to a God Fearing person/organization/entity that can
use it to set up a Charity Foundation in my name, when l am gone.

Please reply as soon as possible for further details and modalities.

p>Debra Woods



--
Dear beloved

I am Mrs. Debra Woods from Iceland, married to Late Engr Kevin Woods {PhD}
who worked with MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANY EXXON AS A DRILLING RIG SUPPLIER
in Nigeria for 19 years before he died on the 22nd August 2008. We were
married for twenty four years without a child. My late Husband made a
fixed deposit in a financial firm in Europe. l was recently dignosized for
Cancer, and do not have much time to live according to my doctor. l want
to entrust this funds to a God Fearing person/organization/entity that can
use it to set up a Charity Foundation in my name, when l am gone.

Please reply as soon as possible for further details and modalities.

p>Debra Woods


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