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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: "Robbie Tenney" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ddavidjohnson1201@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:08:17 +0100
Subject: Attention: Your Fund Has Been Release To Access United Bank On-Line

Sir,
I am Mr. Robbie Tenney the President Access United Bank which is located at 308 Thomaston Street Post Office Box 340 Barnesville, Georgia 30204
US$10 Million was deposited with my Access United Bank in Barnesville, Georgia on your behalf as compensation/ interest of the money you lost in scam. The IMF Auditors are presently sitting in the United States this Second quarter supervising the payment of foreign beneficiaries. This supervision exercise was part of the agreement signed at the last G-8 meeting held in Washington between the UN, IMF, US Government and the Ministry of Finance. Our legal department shall handle most important and vital aspect of it all, which is the legal angle of claim.
You are require to send in the below information to allow us to set up an online current account on your person's name and send you the information so that you can transfer your money by yourself into any
of your private bank account.
1) Name (First M. Last):
2) Spouse's Name (First M.. Last):
3) Address:
4) City, State Zip:
5) D.O.B
6) The full name and address of your Next of Kin:
7) Home Phone Number:
8) E-mail:
Yours faithfully,
Robbie Tenney
President
308 Thomaston Street
Post Office Box 340
Barnesville, Georgia 30204

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