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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: city bank <"www."@io.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: city bank <city11bank@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 06:11:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?CITIBANK_OF_AMERICA=C2=AE?=


CITIBANK OF AMERICA®
Head of Remittance Department
Tel:+1 (470)673_6667
Date: 19/03/2017


Attention:

You are highly welcomed to Citibank Washington, USA is a well trusted, reliable, submissive and well served Bank. It is our great pleasure to acknowledged your swift response regarding your fund transfer worth $5.5 Million united state dollars forwarded by Africa Government through the help of Mr. Donald Trump for immediate transfer to your chosen Bank account.

Therefore, we are hereby to official inform you that your $5.5 Million Dollars is now under our transfer database for official and immediate transfer to your chosen account as soon you meet up with our official processing requirements, such as your full Banking details.


Meanwhile we urge you to get back to us with the below listed requirements to enable us commence towards your official transfer and guarantee the accomplishment in your favor and at earliest and we are giving you 100% guarantee and assurance that as soon as we receive the below listed requirements your transfer will commence immediately and guarantee the accomplishment within 24 hours without any stoppage or delay.

Here is the required/needed detail’s

HERE ARE THOSE INFORMATION WE NEED


YOUR NAME..............
COUNTRY..........
CITY..............
HOME ADDRESS...............
TELEPHONE.................
AGE........................
SEX........................
OCCUPATION..................
DATE OF BIRTH.................
I D CARD......................

Your current email and pass word for security reason and also for the safety of this transaction


Your Bank Name:……..
Your Bank Address:……..
Your Bank Telephone Number:…….
Your Account Name:
Your Account Number:……
Your Account Routing Number

Finally mind you that we cannot entertain any delay from you and also we cannot keep this fund till your willing date simply because we have many customer here to attend, so get back to us now with your personal and bank information thanks.

Thank you for your kind understanding while patiently waiting for your prompt feedback to enable us commence towards your transfer immediately and guarantee the accomplishment in your favor and at earliest.

Also, Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve your banking needs.

We are here to serve you with the best of our ability.

Yours Truly
Dr. Robert Hammer
Transfer Dept.
Bank of America®

Citibank, N.A. Member Fdic. Equal housing lender
© 2017 Citibank Corporation. All rights reserved

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