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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: "Mr. Garry Fields" <jinyongcai56@gmail.com>
Reply-To: suntrustdata@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:20:11 +0000
Subject: REF: - INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF
($5,500,000.00)



--
Federal Reserve Bank
Office Address:33 Liberty Street, New
York, NY 10045, United States
Contact Name: Mr. Garry Fields

Dear Valued Customer,


REF: - INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF
($5,500,000.00)


This is to inform you about the latest RESOLVED by the Board of
Directors in respect of your

(UNCLAIMED) overdue Inheritance fund, Which Was forwarded to us from
CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA to credit

your account, which is in their custody for a long period time. Also,
we wish to inform you that your

money has been forwarded to the remittance department of this noble
Bank through Mr. Patrick Brown

(Banking Solutions and Trade Department) who will direct you on how
you will be receiving your money

and an escrow account has been open with your information and your
money was deposited into the escrow

Account, this compensation fund was approved by the new president of
Nigeria and some top officials in

Nigeria, do comply immediately.

Meanwhile, you are advised to contact Mr. Patrick Brown, who will
direct you on how you will be

receiving your fund.

Headquarter----Atlanta, USA
Key People ---William H. Rogers, Jr. (Chairman & CEO)
Head Office Sun Trust Plaza, 303 Peachtree Street Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30308-3201
Phone (470) 2310544, toll-free 1.80.786.8787
SWIFT (BIC) SNTRUS3A
Founded 1891
E-mail: suntrustdata@gmail.com

Do contact him and get back to me because your file has been forwarded
to his office.

Now re-confirm and forward the below required information to the Bank
immediately to avoid wrong

transfer:

1. Full Names:
2 Residential Address:
3. Tel:/ Fax:
4. Bank Name:
5. Address:
6. Telephone/Fax number:
7. Age:
8. Next of Kin
9. Country of Residence
10. A copy of your driver license / international passport:

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Garry Fields

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