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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: "Scottrade Financial Services Inc" <Tonyhaynes250@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 04:44:55 +0200
Subject: Scottrade Financial Services Inc,,



Tony Haynes(Branch Manager )
Scottrade Financial Services Inc
12800 Corporate Hill Drive St. Louis, MO 63131-1834
CALL PHONE : +1( 913) 210 4999
EMAIL: Tonyhaynes250@gmail.com
PHONE TEXT MESSAGE : (469) 340-2896


ATTN: Beneficiary

This is an urgent attention to create a possible payment means in other
to disburse your Overdue Inheritance/Consignment BOX funds Valued
$15,000,000 at your most simplicity. before this exercise is carried out.
{ by opening a non residence Online current account in your favor where by
transferring the total fund to your new opened account and make the
account accessible by you, it shall enhance your quick and easy access to
your fund, transfer to any bank at your comfort without a banker or
customer services, check your account balance and payment history, view
bonus and interest when applied, etc,} there are procedures you need to
maintain. firstly we need to re-confirm the velocity of your tendered
information.

Our legal department shall make sure this exercise is legally ascertained
and you are protected for feature references.
We shall not delay this process and the account opening with the total
fund crediting shall not exit 24hours after due statutory are meant.

The below details are mean requirement for your account opening, kindly
reconfirm and get back to us with the details

*,FULL NAME:
*,SEX:
*,ADDRESS:
*,.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
*,.OCCUPATION:
*,.COUNTRY:
*,.E-MAIL:
*,. Date Of Birth.
*,.Passport ID Number.

As soon as we hear from you, confirming the information's as originally
required for legal ascertaining , we shall forward the information to the
concerned office at the telex dept to commence the fund disbursement

Hope to hear from you urgently.

we anticipate the favour of your co-operation.

Thanks.

Tony Haynes(Branch Manager )
Scottrade Financial Services Inc
12800 Corporate Hill Drive St. Louis, MO 63131-1834



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interference with, any Internet communications by any third party, or from
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