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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: "Chase Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <annettedaniel2016@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:26:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Contract/Inheritance funds claims notification...

CHASE BANK TEXAS
NYS Department of Labor
Building 12 W.A. Harriman Campus
Albany, NY 12240
 
 
Dear beneficiary :
 
Re: Contract/Inheritance funds claims notification
 
Chase Bank  Texas is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.1 trillion and operations. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and private equity. Chase Bank Texas serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients.
 
Be informed that we the Chase Bank  Texas have received instruction to release the approved sum of Ten Million Dollars (US$10, 000, 000.00) to you, as your Contract/Inheritance fund. We have with us the entered documentation required for the transfer of your funds from our bank to yours. We shall be waiting to hear from you for for the immediate payment.
 
After this resent approval of your contract/inheritance fund payment of $10Million to be released to you by wire transfer from my bank, Mr. Hancock from Washington DC contacted my bank requesting for the release of your funds in his name as your next-of-kin/beneficiary hence you are proclaimed dead. And the below are his bank account details he provided, urging my bank to transfer your fund into immediately before it is too late:
 
His Bank Account Details:
Bank name: Bank of America
Account No.: 9085686846
Routing No.: 54664564
 
Please, if you are not dead as this man falsely said, kindly provide in the below order, the required from you to enable us update your payment documents so that the transfer to you would take place without delay:
 
Full names:
House address:
Occupation:
Phone/fax:
Age/sex
 
yours faithfully,
 
Mrs Annette Daniel
Board Vice Chairperson,
Chase Bank
HOTLINE: 1-800-878-9136

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