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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: "Mr. Eric Johnson" <creditunion_bank@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: creditbank.depart@pisem.net
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 19:26:06 +0600
Subject: Urgent Respond To Credit Union Bank

Re- Fund Transfer
Amount $10,500,000.00 Dollars
(Fund transfer advice)

Beneficiary Notifications!

This is to advice your notice that your fund transfer file of $10.5million
us, Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars with this banking unit which
was previously submitted on your favor behalf from this remittance banking
department to US Treasury Department, United States, has been fully
approved and authorized fund transfer payment to your beneficiary account
name as per Financial American Treasury Government department instructions
authority permits.

Upon these notifications, you are hereby advice and directed to contact
this banking remittance department immediately with your personal /
banking details information’s without delay from you, this is to enable
the US Treasury Department authorize transferring named bank JP Morgan
Chase Bank, United States, to further carry out and affect your fund
transfer payment immediately to your account name beneficiary without
delay of more time.

Federal Credit Union
Director. Federation Account Department
E-mail-: creditbank.depart@pisem.net

If any further inquiry, kindly, contact my notice for more clarifications
Okay. I wait your email reply and also re-confirming your personal /
banking details information’s as directed above herein your notice
promptly.

My regards

Mr. Eric Johnson
Accounting Director / Remittance
Credit Union Bank Plc.


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