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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: "Account Dept." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andrew.mcedward@accountant.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:12:19 -0500
Subject: FTB (COMPESATION) UK


Dear beneficiary,


The Foreign Exchange Transfer Department First Trust Bank Of United Kingdom have decided to bring to your attention, that you were listed as a beneficiary in the recent schedule for payment of outstanding debts pending since 2007 to 2015 according to your file record with your email id, For more details.

Contact us with your,

Name(s)

Email Id

Age.

Male/Female

Telephone No

Kindly forward your details to the Foreign Exchange Transfer Department First Trust Bank Of United Kingdom via email: {andrew.mcedward@accountant.com} to enable them speed up the transfer to your bank account.

Thanks

Mr. Andrew Mc-Edward

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