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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: "Eric Wright" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eric_wright@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:05:41 -0600
Subject: Urgent

Eric J Wright
Woodforest National Bank New York.
Address: 120 W Broadway,
New York, NY 10013.

Attn:

The Senate House of Assembly in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria has authorized Woodforest National Bank New York to pay all the AMERICAN CITIZENS owed by the past Nigerian Government. Your name was among the list of names approved for the release of there inheritance/contract(s) payments, you are hereby approved to receive a total sum of $5,600,000.00 Five Million Six Hundred thousand United States Dollars only. Kindly fill below requirements to enable us process your funds and credit your account with immediate effect.

1:- First Name.....
2:- Middle Name....
3:- Last Name.....
4:- Home Address....
5:- Home Tel No.....
6:- Cell Phone No...
7:- Bank Name....
8:- Bank Account No....
9:- Bank Routing No.....
10:- Bank Address....
11:- A scan copy of your i.d....

Woodforest National Bank New York will credit a total sum $5,600,000.00 into your bank account as soon as we receive above requirements from you, Please note that your payment file number is: TXCBN0881, we await your immediate response, Congratulations and have a nice day.

Respectfully Yours.

Eric J Wright
International Transfer.
Woodforest National Bank New York.

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