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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: " INTERNATIONAL POLICE (INTERPOL)" <natarajan@amrep.in>
Reply-To: <STEPHENCROCKARD@interpol-gov.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 16:52:42 -0700
Subject: YOUR FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

STEPHEN CROCKARD
INTERNATIONAL POLICE (INTERPOL).
803 FINANCIAL DIVISIONS
http://www.interpol.int/
PHONE +448726142145
FAX +448458742379
Email: info@interpol-gov.org
Email:STEPHENCROCKARD@interpol-gov.org



RE.YOUR FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

I am Detective Stephen Crockard, Head of Fraud Unit, International Police (Interpol)

This Unit is set up to Checkmate and Fight against Corruption, Cyber Crime, Drugs, Environmental Fasted Financial Crime, Piracy and Terrorism in the Global Community.

Recently, we have been working closely with secret Agencies around the globe trying to stop the internet Fraud that is aimed at unsuspected Victims in the United States of America and other part of the Europe and Asia from our investigation, we have discovered an unclaimed fund in your name which we noticed that an attempt has been made to have the Fund Diverted into the below account information with the DEED that was submitted to the Bank and other authorities, According Mr. EMMANULE IKEMSON, he claimed that the DEED was issued by you and assisted by your attorney

NAT-WEST BANK,
HIGH STREET BROMLEY, BR1 1JH UNITED KINGDOM,
ACCOUNT NAME: EMMANUEL IKEMSON,
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 84465026
SORT CODE: 600402
IBAN :GB95NWBK60040284465026
BIC/SWIFT CODE: NWBKGB21


Please kindly notify us if you authorized such transfer, We advice that you stop further communication with any individual or group of people who claim to represent different offices, There are only trying to extort money from you and also get more information from you for their Illegal transaction.

A DEED was attached to your payment file which the Mr. EMMANUEL forwarded to the Paying Bank for process and release of the fund to him via transfer into the above account Details.


DETECTIVE STEPHEN CROCKARD
INTERNATIONAL POLICE (INTERPOL)

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