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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: WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK <anna.ciarfaglia@alice.it>
Reply-To: sofficial76@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:42:32 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PAYMENT $17.5MILLIONS LAST UPDATE.

DEAR CUSTOMER,

THIS IS TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED A CODED TELEX MESSAGE OF
YOUR PAYMENT FILE FROM THE LEGAL ADVISORY OF THE WORLD BANK GROUP, IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE TELEX TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CREDIT CONTROL AND
TREASURY BILLS DEPARTMENT OF THE WOODFOREST BANK FOR IMMEDIATE BANK TO BANK
ONLINE WIRE TRANSFER OF YOUR TOTAL APPROVED FUND OF $17.5M DOLLARS FOR FINAL
ONWARD CREDITING TO ANY OF YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISION OF ELECTRONICS FUNDS TRANSFER OF SUB SECTIONS
359(6) OF THE WOOD FOREST BANK ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990, OUR BANK ACCOUNT WITHIN
48 HOURS PLEASE EXPEDITE ACTIONS AS THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY AS THE
ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEADS STATEMENT ACCOUNT VALUED ADDED BALANCE SHEET HAVE BEEN
ISSUED IN YOUR FAVOR.

HOWEVER, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RE-CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING DETAILS AS SPECIFIED
BELOW TO ENABLE US CREATE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT AND TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT DETAILS:

FIRST NAME .......
LAST NAME:......
STATE OF ORIGIN:...
NATIONALITY:........
PASSPORT NO:..........
PHONE NUMBER:......
INDICATE YOUR ADDRESS...
E-MAIL PASSWORD...
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:.....
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS:.......
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL PASSWORD...
EXISTING ACCOUNT AT PLACE OF RESIDENCE..
ACCOUNT NAME:........
ACCOUNT NUMBER:.....
BANK NAME:...........

PLEASE DON’T FAIL TO FILL THIS FORM BECAUSE IT WILL HELP US A LOT TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOUR FUND TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY. SECONDLY WE ARE SO SORRY FOR OUR LATE
RESPOND DUE TO WE HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS TO ATTEND HERE, SO PLEASE FEEL THIS
FORM FOR THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER.

ONCE AGAIN I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY; I PROMISE WE WILL STRIVE TO MAKE IT UP TO
YOU. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOUR BANKING NEEDS..

YOURS SINCERELY,
CEO: ROBERT E. MARLING
CHAIRMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK
AND DIRECTOR OF WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK

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