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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: "Dave Hester" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <brucematt53@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 08:17:41 +1000
Subject: RE: SWIFT TRANSFER OF YOUR INTEREST PAYMENT

RE: SWIFT TRANSFER OF US$1,000,000.00 INTEREST PAYMENT.


I am Mr. Dave Hester, the Int'l Remittance Director of AIB Group Plc.

Sometime ago, your money was brought to our bank from the Foreign Payment Panel and after some period of time, this funds was moved and For the period of time this money was in our bank, it generated an interest sum of USD: 1.000.000.00 which we considered your long suffering by not receiving your payment and decide to pay you this interest funds.

Right now, we have arranged your payment through a simplified procedure so contact us as quickly as you receive this mail with the below stated information's.

1) Full Name
2) Full Contact Address
3) Phone / Mobile Numbers
4) Your Occupation and Position
5) Copy of your Identification (Any Government Issued ID)

As a matter of fact, we don't have time to waste as we have wasted enough time in this regards, so try and comply with the necessary requirements for immediate processing and subsequent remittance.

I wait your immediately response.

Regards,

Mr. Dave Hester
Int'l Operations Director

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