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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: "BANK OF ENGLAND" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adampossic68@englandmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 08:41:04 +0800
Subject: Thanks a million


ATTENTION:

I AM THE CHIEF ENGINEER IN THE COMPUTER/TELEX DEPARTMENT OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

MY DEPARTMENT IS SOLELY IN-CHARGE OF COMPUTER CREDITING AND RECONCILIATION OF ALL INTERNATIONAL RECEIPT AND PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS OF THIS APEX BANK. YOUR PAYMENT HAS REFLECTED SEVERAL TIMES IN OUR COMPUTER AS PENDING AND SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FORGORTEN.

WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT YOU HAVE MADE REASONABLE
COMMITMENT TOWARDS THE RELEASE OF THIS FUND BUT TO NO AVAIL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE POWERS THAT BE ARE HAVING CLASH OF INTEREST ON THE FUND WITH YOUR LOCAL DIRECTORS. I AM HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT THERE IS A WAY OUT OF WHICH WHEN EXECUTED JUDICIOUSLY WILL SURELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR BUSINESS AND FUTURE. WE ARE ONLY TAKING THIS STEP BECAUSE MOST OF THE TOP SHOTS HERE ARE ON COMPULSORY VACATION WHILE SOME HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.

TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF HAVE AGREED TO HELP YOU IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCE ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU MUST KEEP THIS ARRANGEMENT VERY SECRET AND ALSO BE PREPARED TO GIVE US PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL SUM IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVES THE FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. UNDER THIS ARRANGEMENT, YOU ARE FREE TO NOMINATE ANY OTHER ACCOUNT. WE ARE PREPARED TO WIRE OUT YOUR FUND WITHIN THREE DAYS ONCE WE
RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO OUR OFFER. THIS WILL GIVE WAY TO
FINALIZING ALL ARRANGEMENTS, YOU ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PAY ANY MONEY TO UK GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT HERE IN UK. ALL WE SHALL REQUIRE FROM
YOU IS ONE UNIT OF COMPUTRONIC KTT DISKETTE, SMDB300 STORAGE FACILITY, CAPACITOR 1190. THIS IS A SPECIAL IN-BUILT DISKETTE WITH ITS OWN SOFTWARE FOR TRANSFERRING MONEY WORLDWIDE.
THIS IS NOT AN ORDINARY FLOPPY DISKETTE BUT MADE SPECIALLY FOR AUTOMATIC COMPUTRONIC MACHINE.

THIS DISKETTE WOULD BE USED TO COPPY ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE ALREADY EXISTING DISKETTE REGARDING WINNERS PAYMENT. FROM THE INFORMATION IN THE NEW DISKETTE, THE FUND WILL BE WIRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT AND REMOVED FROM OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM WHILE THE OLD ONE WILL BE PUT BACK SHOWING YOUR FUND IS STILL PENDING. THE ESSENCE OF THE NEW DISKETTE IS TO AVOID TRACE OR CALL BACK OF THE FUND AFTER WE HAVE TRANSFERRED IT TO YOUR ACCOUNT. NOTE ALSO THAT ONCE WE RECEIVE BANK ANSWER BACK CODE BABC AND OTHER PAYMENT CONFIRMATION CODE, WE SHALL
REMOVE THE NEW DISKETTE WHICH CONTAINS THE TRANSFER INFORMATION AND BRING IT TO YOU FOR DESTRUCTION AS WE COME TO COLLECT OUR OWN SHARE IN YOUR COUNTRY. AFTER THIS, THERE WILL BE NO TRACES FOREVER.

FOR THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THIS PRIVATE ARRANGEMENT, THIS BUSINESS SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED WITH ANY BANK OFFICIALS OR YOUR LOCAL PARTNERS.

HOWEVER, FOR SECURITY OF MY JOB, ALL CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THIS NEW ARRANGEMENT MUST STRICTLY BE ON MY DIRECT NUMBER AND E-MAIL: O TILL YOUR FUND IS FINALLY WIRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

CALL ME ON :+447424 447747 SO AS TO TALK ONE ON ONE.

AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE.

ADAM POSSIC
BANK OF ENGLAND
adampossic68@englandmail.com
.www.bankofengland.co.uk/

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