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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: BANK TRANSFER <"girardinatale."@ninus.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: BANK TRANSFER <iinfoo.bankuba@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 16:26:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: YOUR BANK WIRE TRANSFER IS READY

Attention:


I have to inform you again, that we are not playing over this, I know my reason for the continuous sending of this
notification to you, the fact is that you can’t seem to trust any one again over this payment for what you have been in
cantered in many months ago, but I want you to trust me, I cannot scam you for $$89 it is for bank processing of your
payment, the fees of $89 is clearly written to you before, I did not invent the bill to defraud you of $$89 it is an
official bank payment processing fee, and the good part of this, is that you will never, ever be disturbed again over any
kind of payment, this is final, and the forms from there becomes effective once we submit your payment application
processing fee and pay the form fee of $$89 I don’t want you to loose this fund this time, because you may never get
another such good opportunity.



The processing charges which was initially on the high price has been cut down by the payout bank considering the poor
economic situations that make it difficult for the middle class citizens to meet up with the processing charges of their
entitlement. Upon the confirmation of your processing charges you will get your $19.500, 000.00 Million US Dollars into
your account within 15hrs, Kindly contact with your complete information and please if you know you can not afford the sum of $89 for the charges and better do not waste our time because we are not here for play.


Contact here with your full details.

Bank Director Ahmed Kuku
Email: iinfoo.bankuba@gmail.com
Telephone:+229)-61431140



CEO IMF: Christine Lagarde


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