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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: "Debt Settlement" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dbrownxxx6@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 09:14:31 -0700
Subject: Payment Notification!!!

Attention.

This is to notify you of new order on the release of your fund. Prior to this proceeding anomaly, we have been mandated by Payment reconciliation committee to ensure that all outstanding prospective beneficiaries confirm the receipt of their long awaited fund within the next 4 working days from date.

But in your own case we found some complicity in your payment file due to petition file by one Mr. Zain Rashid from United States of America, stating to be your attorney as you had handed him the ownership of your fund short listed amongst to be release to him. Therefore required us to transfer your initial approved fund into his designated account stated below:

Bank of America
New York Branch
A/C: 0911667701
Swift Code: BA09
Beneficiary: Zain industries Ltd

It became pertinent that you are contacted as upon request for updated written power of attorney duly signed by you, the aforementioned attorney could not provide any, thus made us wiser to have contacted as confirmation, to avoid fraudulent fund diversion, as well as to alert you if you have privy to this development.

Meanwhile, it had been approved for all beneficiaries short listed to benefit through this payment program, the sum of Four million seven hundred thousand United States dollars only (US$4.700,000.00), as installment payment in this second quarter 2017 fiscal year payment.

However, you are required to respond to this massage confirming if you have privy of this development, to enable this office ascertain and confirm the exact designated bank account to forward to our paying banker in U.S Bank United States for onward payment.

Your swift response is needed.

Yours Sincerely.

Mr. Norbert Toure
Customer service Manager
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