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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: "Roderick Oarell Buford" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rodobuford@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 09:29:34 +0100
Subject: RE: EU - Anti-Fraud International

Dear listed beneficiary,

Your inability to go to your local banker and process your allocated ICBPO two weeks ago made you to lose the opportunity of receiving payment via Italian bank however, We have finally succeeded in securing an Irrevocable Conditional Bank Pay Order (ICBPO) coming from United Kingdom of Great Britain for the the remaining affected foreigners who have since been frustrated for their funds in several countries in Africa.

You are one of these affected beneficiaries once again. You are no. 6 in the Master-List given to us by the EU - Anti-Fraud International before we departed Europe for Africa. Right now we have stayed couple of weeks here in West Africa going through their rigorous court systems but finally we have succeeded in securing payments for all concerned/affected beneficiaries in this list.

The method authorized by the EU - Anti-Fraud International is payment only via discounting of this Irrevocable Conditional Bank Pay Order (ICBPO) through your local banker. This method of bank to bank payment is secure and prevents fraud.

Simply take the details below to your local banker and ask him/her to advice you on how to process it. This is bank to bank. Once your bank is able to verify and process this Irrevocable Conditional Bank Pay Order (ICBPO) from this account, your long withheld $12,500,000.00 will be released by the HSBC, London UK directly to your local bank.

Pay Order No: 1097567700010
Bank Name: HSBC
Bank Address: 13-14 Sloane Square SW1W 8SB, United Kingdom
Account Name: EU Fund Recovery (EFR)
Account Number: 20033245
swift Code: MIDLGB22
Iban Code: GB22MIDL50021520033245

We still remain in West Africa here to ensure that you are able to process your fund and receive this transfer successfully from the HSBC, London UK.

You have to keep constant communication with us via email or telephone for maximum guidance and directives.

My name is Roderick Oarrell Buford. I am a US Citizen working for the Anti-Fraud International in Europe. However, I and my entire team are presently in West Africa for this Fund Recovery assignment. We wish you take this great advantage by complying and following up this directive timely.

Confirm acknowledgement of this information by replying to us, confirming that you are the real owner of this email and re-stating your Full names and present direct telephone number.

Best regards.

Roderick Oarell Buford
European Union Anti-Fraud International
(Presently) in West Africa.

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