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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- financiakbankplc20@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. X"
Reply-To: <financiakbankplc20@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:58:35 -0400
Subject: CONTACT FOR YOUR FUND
Attention My Dear ,
We have been waiting for you since to send the delivery fee so that we Delivery your consignment box, And we did not receive the fee .we find out that your box contens money without waste any time we final deposit the fund with the bank.so we went ahead to deposite your funds of total sum of ($6.300,000.00 MUSD) with financial trust bank plc here in our country.
Then I went and deposited the cash with FINANCIAL TRUST BANK PLC here in (Benin Republic) because it has been in this company for a very long time.
I want You to contact the FINANCIAL TRUST BANK PLC BENIN REPUBLIC to let them know when they will Transfer your fund to your destinated account in your country and send your banking information to them to enable them wire the fund to your destinated account within 24 hours. Below are the information they may need to enable them transfer your fund to your account.
YOUR FULL NAME===============
HOME ADDRESS=================
SWIFT CODE====================
ACCOUNT NUMBER===============
NAME OF COUNTRY===============
ROUTING NUMBER===============
NAME OF BANK =================
PHONE NUMBERS=================
The only money you have to send to them is there security keeping fee/will also serve as the wire transfer fee, which is ($90 Us Dollars) to enable them wire the money into your account immediately without any delay.This is their Contact
information below,
FINANCIAL TRUST BANK PLC BENIN REPUBLIC WESTER AFRICA.
DIRECTOR.......................Dr Charles Adama
CUSTOMER CARE EMAIL financiakbankplc20@gmail.com
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the account open fees/which will also serve as the transfer fee.I gave them your transfering information but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake on
the transaction.Let me know immediately you receive your fund into your account.
THANKS. GENERALLY
Bobby Randolph
CONTACT FOR YOUR FUND
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