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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: "Mr. Basel Ahmad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <baselahmad@capitalandfinanceltd.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 06:00:47 -0800
Subject: Re: Reply

Attn;
 
I am Mr. Basel Ahmad, the Newly appointed president/Director Foreign Remittance  Department in Capital & Finance Bank Ltd. While going through the foreign  beneficiaries files on my desk, I discovered your information among  the list of the beneficiaries whom has not received their approved  payment from this bank as was directed by the authorities, I also made  further search and discovered that you have fulfilled all the  necessary obligation that will enable you receive this payment, but  all your efforts toward receiving this funds was abortive and to no  avail.
 
So I contacted the appropriate quarters to verify the reasons why your  $15,000,000.00 funds was not released to you up till date, but there  was no clear reasons nor explanations was given to me towards that  effect. On this note, I therefore concluded that your payment was  unnecessarily delayed by some corrupt officials of the bank in  collaboration with some agencies who has the intention of diverting  your funds to their private account just to satisfy their selfish  interest.
 
However, I apologize for the inconveniences you must have undergone in  the pursuit of this funds, and now to redeem the reputation of this  great bank and to deliver my duties effectively, I am hereby assuring  you that your payment would be made to you within the next 48 hours  upon your reconfirmation of your banking details to me.
 
Therefore without hesitation, you are advised to furnish us with your  full name, residential address, your occupation and your banking coordinates  immediately so we could commence on your fund transfer, hence I have  the mandate to deliver this duty in a timely manner. Do get back to us  on the following for our perusal. Thanks in anticipation of your  co-operation, while we looking forward to serving you with the best of  our services and do also contact me directly to :  baselahmad@capitalandfinanceltd.net
 
Regards,
 
 
Mr. Basel Ahmad,
E-mail: baselahmad@capitalandfinanceltd.net
Capital & Finance Bank Ltd
Tel: +447024031740  /  +447024073803

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