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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: "US TREASURY OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sarah_bloom@usa.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 08:14:14 -0700
Subject: DID YOU AUTHORIZED MR DENIS TO CLAIM YOUR FUNDS??

GOOD DAY TO YOU DEAR BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE CLAIM WITH APEX BANK IS TO BE RELEASED,VIA KEY TESTED TRANSFER (KTT ), ONLINE BANKING TO YOU THROUGH OUR AFFILIATE BANK IN BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.

IT IS PERTINENT TO NOTE THAT AN ISSUE OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD HAVE COMMENCED WITH A FORMAL MEETING,BUT DUE TO THE TIME FACTOR AND THE URGENCY THAT THIS MATTER REQUIRES,PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR MAKING THIS INITIAL CONTACT THROUGH E-MAIL. MEAN WHILE,A MAN WITH BRITISH PASSPORT NUMBER 302888223 CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF HIS STATEMENT HE CONFIRMED TO MY OFFICE THAT YOU ARE DEAD, AND BEFORE YOUR DEATH HE MENTIONED YOU AUTHORISED HIM TO CLAIM YOUR FUND AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.

HERE ARE THE ACCOUNT DETAILS FORWARDED TO US BY MR DENIS MARION FOR THE FUND TRANSFER.

BENEFICIARY NAME: DENIS MARION
BANK NAME: CITI BANK
BANK ADDRESS: ARIZONA, USA
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 65038090081

PLEASE,DO RE-CONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS MAN IS FROM YOU AS WE TRIED CONTACTING YOU THROUGH OUR DIGITAL FILE WITHOUT SUCCESS,SO THAT THE TRANSFERRING BANK WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS INTO A WRONG ACCOUNT, AND IF TRUELY YOU AUTHORISED HIM AS CLAIMED PLEASE DO CONFIRM TO THE REMITTANCE MANAGER FIRSTCARRIBEAN INT'L BANK SO THEY CAN PROCEED WITH THE PAYMENT TO MR DENIS MARION'S ACCOUNT.

IF THIS MAN IS NOT YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE,YOU ARE REQUESTED TO RE-CONFIRM THE BELOW DETAILS FOR VERIFICATION PURPOSES SO THAT YOUR INHERITANCE CLAIM VALUED AT THE SUM OF $4,820,000 (FOUR MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) ONLY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU THROUGH FIRSTCARRIBEAN INTERNATIONAL BANK ONLINE ACCOUNT WHICH IS EASIER AND FASTER. THIS FUND IS AS A RESULT OF A COMPENSATION APPROVAL PAYMENT FROM THE FEDERAL TREASURY OFFICE/WORLDBANK UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT LOST THEIR COMPENSATION,LOTTERY,INHERITANCE FUNDS ETC SOME YEARS AGO OF WHICH YOU WERE LISTED AMONG THE BENEFICIARIES.

1. YOUR NAME AS STATED ON YOUR IDENTITY CARD:
2. YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS:
3. YOUR DIRECT MOBILE NUMBER AS IT WILL BE ATTACHED TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR CREDIT ALERTS:
4. YOUR OFFICIAL E-MAIL ADDRESS THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR CREDIT ALERTS:
4. YOUR CURRENT AGE:
5. YOUR CURRENT OCCUPATION:
6. A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR OFFICIAL IDENTITY WHICH WILL BE ATTACHED TO YOUR ONLINE BANK ACCOUNT:

LASTLY, YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF FIRSTCARRIBEAN INT'L BANK IMMEDIATELY WITH THE ABOVE DETAILS TO ISSUE YOUR ONLINE BANKING DETAILS WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN AUTHORISED BY THE US GOVERNMENT ALONG WITH THE WORLD BANK REGULATORY BOARD.

BELOW ARE THE DETAILS WERE YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FORWARD THE ABOVE INFORMATIONS.

REMITTANCE PERSONNEL INCHARGE: MRS CHRISTINA KRAMER
OFFICIAL TEL: 0 703 193 9630, 0 703 194 0797
Email CONTACT: accountsdept@fcitb.com

AS SOON AS THE FIRSTCARRIBEAN INT'L BANK RECEIVES THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND CONFIRM FROM YOU THAT MR DENIS MARION IS NOT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE,THEY SHALL COMMENCE WITH ALL NECESSARY PROCEEDURES IN OTHER TO TRANSFER THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE/FOREIGN OPERATIONS OFFICE WHO AUTHORISE ALL FOREIGN TRANSFERS.

FIRSTCARRIBEAN INT'L BANK SHALL PROCEED WITH THE PAYMENT TO THE SAID MR DENIS MARION,IF THEY DID NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT 5 WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY AND THEY WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES PRIOR TO THIS NOTIFICATION.

BEST REGARDS

MRS SARAH BLOOM RASKIN
DEPUTY SECRETARY
US TREASURY OFFICE

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