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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: "Mr. Nathaniel Douglas " <o@plast2015.org >
Reply-To: nathaliadouglas117@gmail.com
Date: 19 Jan 2018 23:13:25 -0800
Subject: Urgent Attention: 0ec473f7@opayq.com

From The Desk of Mr. Nathaniel Douglas,
Manager of East West Bank ,
253 5th Avenue SE, Olympia, WA 98501 Washington
Tel Phone Number: +1 {253} 987-1692
Website: http://www.eastwestbankusa.3-a.net

Urgent Attention:

I am Mr. Nathaniel Douglas, the Manager of East West Bank Of
United States of America. We are contacting you based on the

instruction from Mrs. Nikki Haley, the U.S Ambassador to the
United Nations, following their recent Extraordinary meeting

held with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
regional leaders concerning settlement of Foreign Debts and

finding ways to abolish governments stringent conditions imposed
by some of their financial institutions prior to transfer

foreigners inheritance and Prize funds.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and United
Nations (UN) having watched these ugly developments and

has come up with the following resolutions to compensate each
foreigners whom were denied the opportunity of receiving their

funds years back with the sum of USD850,000.00 and you are among
the 257 persons listed to receive this compensation payment

of US$850,000.00.

It might interest you to know that the total sum of $218,450,
000.00 USD (TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND

FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) was approved on behalf of
the 257 individuals whom were opportune to receive this

compensation payment including you,and we are contracted to split
the payments to each beneficiaries. Be inform that all

modalities regarding your fund release has been put in place with
East West Bank Of United States of America, besides, your

fund has been made ready for transfer through our electronic
transfer system and what we need from you now is to provide us

with the bank account of your choice which you expect us to
expedite the accreditation of your US$850,000.00 compensation.

Note, that in regards to the Patriot Act, which was adopted in
response to the September 11,2001 terrorist attacks, also

intended to strengthen U.S. measures to prevent, detect, and
prosecute international money laundering and the financing of

terrorism, you will be required to pay the sum of $120 for
procurement of ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CLEARANCE (AMLC) from IMF

Resident office in California, USA according to the demand of
the U.S department of homeland Security. Here is the

information to send the required fee through Money Gram or
Walmart To Walmart:

WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR YOU TO SELECT HOW YOU WILL RECEIVE YOU
TOTAL FUNDS

OPTION1; Online Transfer. You can make transfer of US$100,000 Per
Day to any account of your choice.
OPTION2; ATM Card. You can make withdrawal with the ATM Card
US$4000 Per Day.

filled this info after the payment.
1,your account name....................
2,your account number....................
3,your routing number.....................
4,your next of kin....................
5, your data of birth....................
6, your bank address...................
7, your phone number...................

Finally, we will commence the rectification of fund ownership on
your behalf and proceed to transfer your compensation fund

totaling the sum of US$850,000.00 direct to your bank account
immediately you can forward the above required information to

us and send the $120 to IMF Resident Office in California, USA
for procurement of the ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CLEARANCE

(AMLC). Have a wonderful day as we will be waiting for your
timely response.You can call or text us at this number +1 {253}

987-1692

Yours Sincerely
Mr. Nathaniel Douglas (Manager)
East West Bank Of United States of America,
253 5th Avenue SE, Olympia, WA 98501 Washington

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