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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: Citi-bank customer service <"CITIBANK."@beetle.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Citi-bank customer service <rj4722580@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 07:47:55 +0900 (JST)
Subject: You are receiving this email correspondence from Mr. Phillip Lowen,
the Comtroller and Accounting Director of Citi-bank

Dear Customer:

You are receiving this email correspondence from Mr. Phillip Lowen, the Comtroller and Accounting Director of Citi-bank

Citi-Bank constantly strives to meet its banking and international banking and investment needs, and when it joins our organization, it is making a commitment that deserves a reward, since we offer access to a large number of services and products and a dedicated relationship manager.


Citi-bank officially informs you that your valid check for £ 1,500,000.00 GBP = $ 2,328,241.57 USD is currently in the possession of our bank and was deposited with us as an international bank draft by Adrian and Gillian Bayford, the winners of the Euro Millions lottery. Please inform that without the service fee of 380 dollars we can not provide any service and we can not touch or temper your transaction because it goes against our banking policy, so you can not deduct from your bank draft because it is not in our name , but your name. kindly make the payment and send us the scanned copy of the receipt so that we can proceed with the transfer. Once the service fee is paid, our bank will contact your bank and the transaction will be processed. Please note that the service fee was charged because we will also mail the entire document that supports your donation funds. The original copy must be received by the beneficiary, so it is the reason for the fee

In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Financial Services Authority for accounts and large transfers, international clients must employ the services of an intermediary bank that will be responsible for liquidating their checks here in Asia before the cash funds can be transferred to the Destination country. Based on the strict policy that covers your funds, you can not touch or temper your funds because it states that only the beneficiary has the right and legal authority to open the document that covers their funds.

This is the role of Citi-bank that has been authorized to play and we expect you to pay the service fee of $ 380 through MONEY GRAM OR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER with the payment information shown below to allow us to transfer / transfer your funds to your account. operating bank account in your country.

NAME OF THE RECEIVER : MICHAEL SIMMONS

RECEIVER ADDRESS : NEW YORK, US


RECEIVING COUNTRY: UNITED STATE OF AMERICA


Your funds, amounting to £ 1,500,000.00 GBP = $ 2,328,241.57 USD, will be credited to your operational bank account within 2-3 business hours after the transaction.

NOTE: that the international service fee must be paid before proceeding with your transaction because.

Thank you for your time and we look forward to the successful transfer of your funds.
Yours in service,

ANDREW HAYES (Mr.)

Accounting Director (local / foreign)
Citi-bank customer service

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