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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: <RBIREMITTANCEDEPT11@rbiservices.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <rbitransferunitdeptt@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 05:29:13 +0530
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS: YOUR REF/PAYMENTS CODE: (RBI/WBS374KD / $2,000,000.00 USD)

THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
INDIA CENTRAL BANK

IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION IN CONNECTION WITH FOREIGN EXCHANGE COMMISSION

YOUR REF/PAYMENTS CODE: (RBI/WBS374KD / $2,000,000.00 USD)

DEAR BENEFICIARY

On Behalf of the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA Governor (Dr. Raghuram Rajan) and the Government of India in Conjunction with the United Nations and the World Bank, we the Foreign Remittance Department of the Reserve Bank of India wish to notify you as a beneficiary of $2,000,000.00 USD (Two Million United States 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 70 victims of internet and various scams $2,000.000.00 USD Each. This also includes every contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems and financial problem, and people who have been scam/cheated on the internet in the past. Your E-mail ID were listed and approved for this payment as one of the beneficiary of this compensation amount. This compensation is been awarded annually/yearly and beneficiaries who do not take this chance seriously do not get to receive their compensation funds. So you are advise to take this opportunity seriously.

According to the last meeting held here in the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA Foreign Department, it was brought to our notice of the various types of scam that is going on in the world today and in India, and this scammer's are even using the name of the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI) and other reputable Esteem Bank around the world to scam people. Today many people have lost their properties, money and many have gone in bankruptcy because of these INTERNET CRIMINALS. This scam as investigated are in form of Fake online lottery, fake online loan, fake emails talking about huge amount of funds transfer such as next of kin, proposal, proposal for bank transfer and other form of fake internet scamming activities.

You have to take this your opportunity seriously because this is your money and benefit. In order for us to proceed with the remittance of your compensation funds to you, you are to fill and send the below
information:

Full Names:
Full Contact Address:
Sex, Date of Birth:
Occupation:
Private Phone Number:
Private Fax Number (if any):
Your valid IDENTIFICATION Copy (Important):

You are to send your information immediately for the processing and transfer of your compensation funds into your bank account. Do be in form that this compensation is 100% true and genuine so you have to take it seriously without any doubt. And if you have not received any scam email or have not been scammed before, do get us inform so that we stop the allocation/remittance of this compensation funds to you immediately as we do not want to remit this compensation funds into wrong hands. Also you, are not to duplicate or communicate with any one about this because the FBI is still in trace of those internet hoodlums and criminals.

YOURS SINCERELY,
DR. KENNY ROLLAND
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT / FOREIGN EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Banking Unit
(RBI)

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