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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: =?UTF-8?B?RHIgQWhtZWQ=?= <adenico@speedy.com.ar>
Date:
Subject:


FROM OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE FUND,
LAGOS NIGERIA= . ADDRESS'S/669 CADJEHUN APJ 369 LAGOS NIGERIA WEST
AFRICA.
 DATE: 20th-12-2015
 
CHANGE OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS.
&n= bsp;
We have received an official notification on 18th-12-2015- from MR.= ROLAND MOUTON GRAID who claimed that you have authorized

him to han= dle everything concerning the release of your inheritance Fund which is $10= .5 million Million (US DOLLARS), as he

has confirmed to us that you = are now in the Hospital taking care of your illness, but in consideration t= o the nature of our

Official services here, we deem it necessary tha= t we should get in touch
with you first for confirmation before we can p= roceed with his request,
Therefore,we need your prompt instruction to pr= oceed with him in this matter or not.
Below are the Bank account details= that he has already forwarded to us for
the purpose of remitting the fu= nd to him, thus:-
 
NAME; ROLAND MOUTON GRAID
BANK NAME: BANK= OF America
BANK ADDRESS: 3407 OLD SPANISH TRAIL
ACCOUNT NAME: SUZANN= E MOUTON
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 586012358866
ROUTING NUMBER: 113000023
SW= IFT CODE: BOFAUS3N
 
NOTE: The release of the fund will be fixed= as soon as we receive your
prompt response to this message therefore, i= t is very important that you should get in touch with us for immediate conf= irmation.

Best Regards.
Dr Ahmed Abdul
OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF F= OREIGN REMITTANCE FUND
Telephone: +234-8171-0653-22.
(Clamis and Coll= ection units)

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