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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: "[Staff] Mr. Alan Campbell" <info@interpolfinancialcrimeunit.nicemar.ro>
Reply-To: allancampbell.rba@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:53:36 +0800
Subject: NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT YOUR FUNDS DIVERTED.


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ATTN:

NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT YOUR FUNDS DIVERTED.


This is to inform you that we receive a fund worth $12.4 million USD to be further credited into a bank account (Account withheld) because of the Financial regulation here, we have to investigate any in flow of cash into this country in other to control money laundry and fraud.

In the act of investigation, we realize this funds belongs to you and it Originated from United Kingdom and because of their fraudulent act, they asked you to pay fake bills that have nothing to do with your funds and when you fails, they divert your funds to some other fraudulent people, we are tracking the owner of the accounts they use to collect money from you.

You are to get back to us with your full details, so we can compare with what we have in our data base here and see if its tally, once we confirm everything OK, we will process your funds and transfer it immediately to you without any delay.

We have notify the FBI about this diverted funds and let them know that you have been Frauded,once we hear from you, we will transfer the

funds to you.

N:B, IF AFTER 5 WORKING DAYS, WE DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU, WE WILL CONFISCATE THE FUNDS AND SEND IT INTO THE GOVERNMENT TREASURY AS A LOTTED FUND.



Best Regards

Alan Campbell

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