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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: "Mrs Robin Sanders" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <robinsanders859@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 12:02:44 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ME ASAP, TRUTH ABOUT YOUR FUNDS

Attn; Fund Beneficiary
 
I am Mrs. Robin Sanders, Former US Ambassador to Nigeria. Regarding your entitlement fund and in line with the CHANGE OF BENEFICARY APPLICATION, signed by Mr. Randall Kenneth Unter with passport number 485575773 with your authorization. This case was carefully examined and we declined Mr. Randall Unter's application and reported to the security department for appropriate action, as the application lacks regular signature. But the question is, did you ever instruct Mr. Randall Kenneth Unter to claim your fund worth US$7,500,000.00?
 
Below is the bank account information provided by Mr. Randall Kenneth Unter saying that you authorized him to claim your fund that you are terminally ill with lung and bronchial cancer.
 
1. Bank Name: SunTrust Bank
2. Account Name: Randall K. Unter
3. Bank Address: 5211 Mercury Blvd. Newport News, VA 23606
4. Account #: 1000124907410
5. Routing #: 051000020
6. Swift Code: SNTRUS3A
 
If you had not authorized the change of your bank account in respect to your outstanding entitlement payment, please notify me immediately as the application declaration was supported with a sworn affidavit from a high court ref: LAG/LGA-IKJCOURT2C/16, dated 29/10/2016 and signed by Mr. Randall Kenneth Unter who claim and stated in the sworn declaration that you authorized him to claim the funds on your behalf to a different bank account in the U.S.A as stated above because you were terminally ill with lung and bronchial cancer and that the doctor who is in charge of your case confirmed to him that you will not live more than one week before passing away.
 
This development has caused lots of discrepancies in your payment file that is why we had to suspend your payment and prompted to contact you directly before rejuvenating your payment. You must be rest assured that I will do everything within my capacity to successfully actualize the quick transfer of your fund to any of your nominated bank account.
 
Kindly get back to me as soon as possible so that I will direct you on what to do.
 
Sincerely,
Mrs. Robin Sanders

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