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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: "Michael A. Jones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jonesmichaela266@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:51:54 -0700
Subject: THIS IS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Hello,
 
THIS IS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
 
I am a Certified Public Accountant officer in my Bank so also account manager to a deceased customer who was a contractor with a prominent oil company here in Louisiana . On the 21st of  April 2010, our customer, his wife and their two children were involved in auto-crash. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
 
Since then,the Board of Directors of my Bank (ORIGIN BANK) have made several inquiries to their embassy to locate any of the deceased customer's extended relations but to no avail. Hence the need to contact you since you share the same family name with him.
 
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and Property left behind by this deceased customer before they get Confiscated or declared unclaimed by the bank where this Huge deposits of US$10M was lodged.
 
I look forward to hear from you for further details.
 
Best regards,
 
Michael A. Jones
Certified Public Accountant


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IMPORTANT: There are so many hackers out there. To safeguard your payment, please ONLY make payments to the account name of Operadora y Procesadora de Productos Marinos Omarsa S.A. (Only in the account number that you have registered), OMARSA S.A WILL NOT be responsible for payments made to any other accounts. In the case we need to change our bank account, we will notify you by phone or skype personally.

AVISO DE CONFIDENCIALIDAD: La información contenida en este correo electrónico y sus anexos es información confidencial y no divulgada y está destinada únicamente a la persona indicada en la dirección de este correo electrónico. Si quien lee este mensaje no es el destinatario o un empleado o agente responsable de entregarlo al destinatario, mediante este aviso queda usted notificado de que no debe diseminar o copiar este mensaje. Si usted ha recibido esta comunicación por error, por favor notifíquenos de inmediato y borre este correo electrónico de su sistema.

IMPORTANTE: Hay algunos hackers tratando de robar. Para asegurar su pago, por favor SOLO hágalo en las cuentas que ustedes tienen registrados de Operadora y Procesadora de Productos Marinos Omarsa S.A. OMARSA S.A. NO SE RESPONSABILIZA de pagos hechos en otra cuenta no autorizada. En caso de que cambiemos nuestras cuentas será notificado vía telefónica o por skype).


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