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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: "City Express Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ceb1925@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 10:27:23 -0800
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE CONFIRM PLEASE

City Express Bank
Industrial Bank House, Plot 1637,
Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island,
Lagos,Nigeria
Phone:+234 1 2622454,
 
Dear Beneficiary,Are you DEAD OR ALIVE?
 
Attn: Fund Beneficiary: Payment Code: R578906K, Date: 24/10/2015
 
On the course of  General Auditing and Account revision of the last quatar for  year 2015, it was discovered that Bank Accounts belonging to some Beneficiaries
have been changed on the basis that the owners have died some  years back or have given out an authorization note of change of data.
After our investigations it was revealed that there are foreigners who are collaborating with retired staffs to make these changes illegally without
the knowledge of the Bonafide Beneficiaries and one traced to your own change is this Mr. Sean Bradford from Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A who stated that you are
dead, hence he has forwarded some vital documents of funeral service held for you so as to divert your fund.
He also forwarded the following Bank account details as the new account that will receive your money.
 
Account Name: Mr.Sean Bradford
Account Number: 6110495 4021
Routing Number: 011075150
Bank: Sovereign Bank
Bank Address: One Federal Street, Boston MA, 02110 U.S.A
Swift: SVRNUS33
 
But we wanted to confirm if actually this is true and hence decided to write to your email address which after three (3) days from now and there
is no response, we will confirm that you are dead indeed and go on with the transfer process. If proved otherwise by you that you did not
die,please forward to us the entire related Beneficiary's particulars including your Telephone number, contact address.
These details from you will help us reach a conclusion that you are not dead.
Anything contrary to this claim will help us charge this man to court and prosecute him while your fund will be paid to you immediately without any further delay.
You have to get back to us on time for us to commence legal proceedings against Mr.Sean Bradford and his accomplices.
 
Yours sincerely,
Customer Care
City Express Bank Plc Nigeria
 
Warning:The preceding email contains information that is confidential, may constitute non-public information or may be protected by the
attorney/client privilege or other applicable privileges. It is intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not the
intended recipient of this message, please do not read, copy or disclose the contents to others. We would very much appreciate you forwarding the message
back and deleting it from your system. Unauthorized use,dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is
strictlyprohibited and may be unlawful. City Express Bank Plc Nig.

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