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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: Graham McMillan <info@reliancepetroleumuae.com>
Reply-To: gm0004@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:01:08 -0600
Subject: Re: Important Notice...



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JP MORGAN CHASE BANK
128 Brighton Beach Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206-2098
Our Ref: CHSX0013-ODCS/015
Your Ref:

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR OVERDUE INHERITANCE FUND.

U.S Department of The Treasury was recently mandated by the White House
to verify all genuine contractors / inheritance claims and pay their
liabilities before the end of this fiscal year 2015;the Financial
Service Task Force was equally mandated to investigate jobs executed by
foreign contractors between 2013 till date, The President stressed on
the problems of foreign contractors has already faced with the past
Government and that our foreign debt has to be reduced drastically as
directed by the World Bank.

Consequently, the U.S Department of The Treasury in conjunction with the
World Bank set aside US$3.4Billion to pay in good claims for foreign and
American citizens contractors as their unpaid inheritance Fund including
Next of Kin. In line with this arrangement the Senate Committee on
Foreign Debt Matters (National Assembly) ordered that contractors and
Next-of-Kins whose files have shown sufficient proof regarding job
execution and their debt outstanding for a long time be settled without
delay. We wish to inform you that your files was forwarded to JP Morgan
Chase Bank from various offices and department led by Deputy Secretary
Sarah Bloom Raskin who Speaks to the American Bankers Association
indicating that you have fulfilled all conditions necessary to receive
your payment.

Reason why your payment had been delayed for so long was because of
counter-claim for the payment on your fund. This necessitated the
perusal of documents relating to your inheritance payment. We were
convinced that you are the bona-fide beneficiary to the said unpaid
fund. The attempt to divert your payment to new account was done by your
local representatives in collaboration with some Officials; Most of the
officials involved in several official misconducts have been sacked.As
the case maybe, your unpaid inheritance fund is calculated US$24.4.and
we have only two (2) options due to our recent problem with
International Monetary Fund (IMF). You are to tick your choice of
payment on the below listed option to enable us fast track your unpaid
inheritance fund within 72 banking hours;


OPTION 1 (ATM CARD):

1) Your Full:=========================
2) Your Full Contact Address:=====================
3) Your direct Cell phone No#:=====================
4) Attache Copy of Your Driver's License======================


OPTION 2:

1) Your bank name:====================
2) Bank address:===================
3) Account no:=========================
4) Routing no===========================
5) Swift code:========================
6) Account name:==================================
7) Personal Phone/Mobile no:====================
8) Residential Address:========================


In anticipation of your immediate response.

Graham McMillan
Fund Operational Manager /
Head Foreign Transfer Department
JP Morgan Chase Bank, Brooklyn, New York
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