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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: "Dr. Kingsley Moghalu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <centralbank.bank@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 20:21:25 +0100
Subject: HELLO ???

ATTENTION : Sir/Madam
 
Ref: Payment of $30 million approval.
 
 
We received instruction todays from our correspondence bank in America to
transfer the sum of $30 million into your account which we are on
the process to credit your banking account on your name regular account in your country to avoid any problem.
 
To our great surprise this morning when we are about to credit your
bank account, we received another email from One Ms Diane L.
Mcallister whom claims to be your representative and forwarded to us the
following account information for us to transfer the fund into her
account. She came in company with one of our bank staff.
 
The account which she forward to us as follow.
 
Bank of America
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Diane L. Mcallister
Account# 003767127294
Routing # 063100277
65 Jabotinsky St\#2
Ramat Gan, ISRAEL 54224
 
Please, Do reconfirm to us as a matter of urgency if this lady is from
you and has your authority to receive your fund .If this lady is not
your representative, You are requested to get back me reconfirm your information for verification purpose, so that your fund value of
$30million united state dollars will be paid to you .
 
 
HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID
MS.Diane L. Mcallister, IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT
FIVE WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY, WE WILL PROCESS AND RELEASE THE FUND
INTO Ms Diane L. Mcallister's ACCOUNT.
 
Confirm your receipt of this mail without delay.....
 
I wait your response.
 
 
Yours truly,
 
Dr. Kingsley Moghalu
Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability Directorate.



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