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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: "Bruce Adams." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adamsbruce240@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:15:30 -0800
Subject: kindly read and respond

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street,
New York, NY 10045
United States.

Dear Sir/Madam,

The management have instructed me to inform you on your abandon fund
which has been approved and scheduled for transfer this first quarter
of the year 2017. I have been advised to notify you that you are given
grace of 72hrs to contact us for the claim of your fund valued
US$14,500,000.00, as any further delay will warrant the fund return to
the US Treasury as ghost beneficiary fund.

Below are the needed information you need to reconfirm, to enable
us send it to the verification dept for verification process for the
release of the fund.

1,Your Full names:.....................
2,Your address:........................
3,Your direct phone numbers:................................
4,Your occupation:.......................................
5,Your company names if any.:..........................
6,Your next of kin:.........................................
7,Copy of your identification:.................................
8,Date of birth.:...............................................
9, Total Sum Expected:.....................................
10,Your fax number:....................................
11,Your Bank Name......................................
12,Your bank address.....................................
13, Bank account number....................................
14, Swift code...........................
15, Account Name:..................................

You are to forward the above information for verification process and
once the verification is completed we will proceed for the transfer
of the fund into your nominated bank account.

Send reply to: adamsbruce240@gmail.com.

Awaiting your response to enable us serve you better.

Sincerely,
Bruce Adams.
Credit Control Director.

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