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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: "Dr. Thomas Giles." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.thomasgilesgiles@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:14:15 +0100
Subject: Re: Urgent Please reply

Hi Dear,



My name is Dr. Thomas Giles, the Director International Remittance Dept. Of Butterflied Private Bank London. I have been privileged to see your file several times in this department but transfer has been hampered due to irregularities in the release documentations



I have envisages that it will be easier for am elephant to pass through the eyes of a needle that your funds to be transferred out of this country. And having considered the fact that you must have spent quite a fortune to no avail, I decided to take the bull by the horn.


WHAT AM I SAYING?

On the 25th May 2016, I advised the telex programmer of this bank Butterflied Private Bank to effect the transfer of your funds out of our bank to an international Bank of Settlement, City National Bank California. It is our considered opinion that your fund is safer out of London to a country and bank of international repute. In the telex Advise forwarded along with the remittance, we advised the City National Bank, that they would identify you when you contact them by quoting the Telex Remittance Number "LDUBN485ZNG"

The officer to contact in The City National Bank California (USA), is Mrs. Martha Henderson. (Chief Financial Officer) on the below information:


CITY NATIONAL BANK CALIFORNIA (USA).
NAME: MRS. MARTHA HENDERSON
(CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
TEL: +1 (209) 248 2390



Please quote the Telex Remittance Number "LDUBN485ZNG" to enable easy sorting. I would also want you to contact me on my private email above or call me on my line TEL: +44-7452-282179, When we discuss, I will indicate to you my terms for helping.



Thanks For Helping Us Serve You Better


Dr. Thomas Giles.
(Director International Remittance Dept.)
TEL: +44-7452-282179.

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