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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: Equity Bank <"WWW."@silver.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Equity Bank <equitybank9990@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:55:55 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Equity Bank

Contact Equity Bank

Good day to you, This is to acquaint you on the outcome of our meeting with Western Union/UBA Incorporation and the Association of Better Business Bureau to compensate scam victims upon due verification And we know that this is good news for all whom have lost money through western union the new United States Govt have decided to intervene for their own benefits.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation, have successfully pleaded with the United States President to mandate Western Union and money Gram to ensure all victims are compensated, to boost the Exercise of clearing all foreign debts Owed to individuals and organizations due to the pass Government failed to follow the due process to ensure you receive your funds or compensations due for been victimized by using their services.

Its our pleasure to confirm to you that the sum of $12,500,000 has been approved to be paid to you as compensation from Western Union INC for losing money through their services without then checkmating whom you where sending the money to so the sum of $USD12,500,000 has been mandated to be paid to you through Equity Bank.

Western Union (WU) allowed criminals to use its global money transfer service to carry out “hundreds of thousands” of scams, the company admitted in a federal settlement under which it will return $96 million to victims of the fraud as compensations.

The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that Western Union knows for “years” that scammers were using its services, but ignored the signs. That included more than 550,000 customer complaints the company received between January 2001 and March 2017. Scammers racked up billions in fraudulent transactions over that time (period), the agency said.

In one scam, criminals would call a Western Union customer and direct them to wire money to claim a prize or to help a relative. Once the money was sent, it could not be recovered. Some Western Union agents went along with the scam for a cut of the profits.

Visit our web page to confirm the legitimate of your compensation fund from Western Union Money Transfer, Once you open our web page make sure you read the article very well to be so sure that your said fund is from genuine office. Noted your name is on the list of people listed to be compensated as approved.

However, kindly contact Equity Bank via their contact details below with your personal information's as soon as you receive this mail notification.

Bank Name:Equity Bank
Contact Person:Patrick J Bailey
Office number +254-740214565
E-mail:info@

Acknowledge the receipt to this email via e-mail before calling us on the above and below listed number so we can give you a caller reference code for the claim of the funds.

A priority payment instruction has been dully issued to the bank as stated so to credit the mentioned amount to your personal account been your compensation payment as soon as you contact with your personal information's Upon receipt of this mail so its advisable to call the bank officials on this phone: +254-740214565 after contacting them for urgent services.

Kindly furnish this details when contacting the bank as directed.
Your Full Name....
Home Address.....
Nationality...
State/City....
Contact telephone number...
Indicate how you wish to receive your fund.

DON'T FORGET TO COPY THE BANK EMAIL ADDRESS AND WRITE THEM AND DON'T REPLY ME BACK WITHOUT COPYING MY PERSONAL EMAIL ..................

We wait your immediate response as soon as you contact the bank for better follow up to ensure you get your approved compensation funds without any delay.

Regards
Nancy Nynu
Information,s Officer for Claim of funds
Department of Homeland Security

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