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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Rita_Henderson?= <>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 10:29:53 -0500
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?PAYMENT_NOTIFICATION?=

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Hello

This is to notify you that the payment instruction we received has been processed through Bankcorp into your account that was provided.

Wire Confirmation No: UTAU00911167WSP

Amount: $13,135.00

Transaction Status: Completed.

Attached to this email is the secure payment receipt from Bankcorp. For secure access authenticate by verifying your email and password via the attached outlook document file transfer page to gain secure access to the receipt.

Let me know when you have it and please confirm the details.

Thanks

Rita Henderson

Bankcorp

Payment Processing Unit

www.bankcorp.com.au/p>

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This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the addressed recipient.

If you are not the addressed recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.

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