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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: "WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK " <"RBC."@lion.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK " <woodforestbnk001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 23:30:18 +0900 (JST)
Subject: $12,000,000.00 USD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION FROM WOODFOREST NATIONAL
BANK.

WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS:
WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK
1330 LAKE ROBBINS DRIVE
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS 77380

SUPPORT INQUIRIES: CENTRAL
woodforestbnk001@gmail.com

TRANSACTION INQUIRIES:
woodforest-bank@usa.com


$12,000,000.00 USD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION FROM WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK.

DEAR BENEFICIARY,

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MANAGEMENT OF WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK WISH TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU TODAY THAT YOUR OUTSTANDING COCA-COLA COMPANY WINNING FUND VALUED AT THE TOTAL SUM OF US$12,000,000.00 (TWELVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH WAS DEPOSITED WITH OUR BANK HERE IN CANADA TO YOUR NAME MANY YEARS AGO HAS BEEN LEGALLY APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT RESOLUTION, FOLLOWING WITH THE PAYMENT RELEASE LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM THE CANADIAN FINANCE MINISTRY AND CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S, FOR ONWARD TRANSFER, THEREFORE, AN INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR FUND HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THIS BANK BY THE (FRB) FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SCOTLAND FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

BE INFORMED THAT YOUR FUND TRANSFER NOTIFICATION LATTER HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF CANADIAN AND TO THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF (I.M.F) INTERNATIONAL MONITORING FUND OFFICE IN AMERICA FOR FINAL APPROVAL, AND THIS IS BECAUSE TO TRANSFER SUCH HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE REALLY HAVE TO NOTIFY EVERY OFFICES THAT IS CONCERN IN ANY INTERNATIONAL FUND TRANSFER THAT IS MOVING OUT OF CANADA JUST TO AVOID ANY PROBLEM WHEN MAKING THE PAYMENT TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT THROUGH THE WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK, BUT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GOTTEN SOME OF THE FUND RELEASE APPROVAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT REGARDING THIS TRANSACTION.

NOTE THAT THE WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK ESTABLISHED IN ONTARIO AS OF 1782 BY CHARLES III, TODAY THE BANK IS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN SYSTEM OF CENTRAL BANKS. IT IS ALSO THE NATIONAL SUPERVISOR OF ALL THE BANKING SYSTEM AROUND CANADA, AND AS SUCH ANY TRANSACTION MADE OUT OF THIS BANK MUST GO SUCCESSFULLY INTO THE BENEFICIARY'S BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY HITCH, AND BE INFORMED THAT EVERY DOCUMENTATIONS REQUIRED IN YOUR FUND TRANSFER MUST BE FULLY SECURED AND SEND TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR PROOF AND FILE KEEPING BEFORE WE CAN PROCEED.

HOWEVER, WE THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA HEREBY ADVISE YOU TO QUICKLY RECONFIRM YOUR FULL BANKING INFORMATION TO THIS BANK BEFORE WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE CLAIM PROCESS OF YOUR FUND, AND THIS IS TO AVOID ANY MISTAKE OR WRONGFUL TRANSACTION, AND WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOST OF FUND, SO AS A RESULT OF THIS WE NOW ADVISE YOU TO KINDLY GET BACK TO US WITH YOUR RESIDENTIAL HOME ADDRESS AND YOUR COMPLETE BANKING DETAILS AS TO ENABLE THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS BANK FACILITATE THE SMOOTH RELEASE OF YOUR FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

UPON THE CONFIRMATION OF YOUR FULL DETAILS AS INSTRUCTED AS FOLLOWS:

FULL NAME........
ADDRESS.......
TELEPHONE.....
OCCUPATION......
SEX & AGE......

WE WILL SEND OUR BANK ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH SECURING OF THE NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN YOUR NAME WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AND NOTE WITH THE TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS IN PLACE, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEND YOUR MANDATORY ENDORSEMENT FEES WHICH INCLUDE, FUND REGISTRATION FEE DOCUMENTATION & STAMP DUTY FEES AND COST OF TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY AS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STIPULATIONS AND FOREIGN TRANSFER REGULATION ACT. THE TOTAL FEES FOR YOUR FUND ARE $275.00USD AS INDICATED. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT YOUR PRIZE MONEY IS UNDER INSURANCE COVERAGE AND AS RESULT OF THAT THE TRANSFER CHARGES CANNOT BE DEDUCTED FROM THE WINNING SUM UNTIL YOUR PRIZE MONEY IS TRANSFERRED TO YOU WHOLESOMELY WITHOUT TAMPERING BY ANY PERSON, NO CHARGE/CHARGES CAN BE WITHDRAWN OR DEDUCTED FROM YOUR WINNING FUND UNTIL THE FUND IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.

KINDLY SEND THE FUNDS DIRECTLY TO OUR ATTORNEY IN BENIN, YOUR LOTTERY AGENT LEONA GRUWELL TO PAY TO USAND HE HAS TO COME WITH THE MONEY INCLUDING THE POWER OF ATTORNEY TO OUR BANK, PAY THE CHARGES AND SIGN THE RELEASE ORDER AND OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENT ON YOUR BEHALF. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE MT100 PAYMENT CONFIRMATION SLIP OF YOUR FUND ON YOUR CONCLUSIONS WITH SENDING THE REQUESTED FUND REGISTRATION FEE, DOCUMENTATION & STAMP DUTY FEES AND COST OF TRANSFER

YOU SHOULD SEND THE 275.00 USD THROUGH THE WALMART TO WALMART MONEY TRANSFER WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION...

RECEIVER'S NAME: LEONA GRUWELL
STATE/CITY: IOWA CITY
COUNTRY: USA
QUESTION: TO WHOM
ANSWER: KELLEY
AMOUNT: $275 US DOLLARS
IMPORTANT:

AFTER PAYING THE FEE, SEND ME THE PAYMENT SLIP CONFIRMATION OF THE TRANSACTION FOR RECORD KEEPING.

MTCN#:...........
SENDER'S NAME........
SENDER'S ADDRESS.......
SENDER'S TELEPHONE.....

WE DO NOT ACCEPT BANK CERTIFIED DRAFTS, CHEQUES, CREDITS OR COVER NOTES IN REFERENCE TO THE ABOVE PAYMENT AS FUNDS BELOW USD10, 000 ARE MADE PAYABLE VIA CASH COUNTER PAYMENT.

WE AWAITING YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WITH YOUR INFORMATION TO ENABLE THIS BANK PROCEEDS WITH THE TRANSFER OF YOUR APPROVED FUND AND SERVE YOU BETTER AS WE WERE DIRECTED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING ROYAL BANK OF CANADA.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
YOURS SINCERELY,
ROBERT E. MARLING JR.
CHAIRMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF WOOD FOREST NATIONAL BANK
AND DIRECTOR OF WOOD FOREST NATIONAL BANK

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