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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: jpmorganchaseny chase <chasejpm@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:52:34 +0000
Subject: FROM THE JP MORGAN CHASE BANK UNCLAIMED ASSET/ASSETS RE-UNITED



JP Morgan Chase Bank
Head office 270 Park Ave. NY, New York
United States Of America

FROM THE JP MORGAN CHASE BANK
UNCLAIMED ASSET/ASSETS RE-UNITED,
USA INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT

Attn: Sir,

We have informed this day by the concern authority to have your fund release process completed otherwise,the funds will be declared unserviceable by the bank and consequently,it's confiscation. Kindly note that this funds was generated by the United States Government from the World bank,due to rate of scams out there in Africa,the United State government has filed a case scam activities,after the case has been taken to Court,the law court gave orders that the Nigerian government and all other African countries to release the sum of $2.5Billion which was tagged Unclaimed Asset Fund. There after the funds has been released from world bank to the JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, the United States Government has chosen several United State Citizen who has defrauded of their hard earn money,and your name and email address was also found on our list.

The time frame is very short and technically,bank transfer is the fastest means of getting this done,so we have reverted to status.Mandate has been issued to a commission namely UNCLAIMED ASSET/ASSETS RE-UNITED,USA here in the UNITED STATE to effect this payment to you using it's traditional banking procedure,VIA WIRE TRANSFER.


If you are receiving this notification for the first ( $5,000,000.M) which is on your name,can only be paid upon our receipt of your beneficiary identification security transfer code which is GN 5450 ECU for clearance of the fund. Send it immediately to us for instant accreditation of your proceeds into your account as listed below.

(1) Your full name:
(2) Address:
(3) profession,marital statues:
4) Copy of your ID card or driving license or International Passport.

Ensure you contact me with all your full contact details regarding of your fund as stated above and get back to us for further information.
Sincerely

DAVID MAY
UNCLAIMED ASSET MANAGER


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