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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- evansmiguiel@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr.Evans Migueil" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <evansmiguiel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:09:57 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPOND NEEDED
Attn: Honorable Beneficiary,
My Name is Dr. Miguel Evans; I am a director with the United Nations/ International Monetary Fund investigation unit affiliated with World Bank.
Following series of Complaints, by Beneficiaries who are yet to receive their outstanding Contract and Inheritance Funds the International monetary fund investigating Unit discovered that some corrupt Bank/Government Officials have the intention to diverting your Funds to their own private bank Accounts abroad which they presented to this United Nations/ International Monetary Fund investigation unit affiliated with World Bank the below bank account .For the approval and transfer of your contract/inherited fund to this below bank account .
Kindly confirm Immediately if you are the person that gave the authorization for this change of bank details to the below bank account for the release and transfer of your contract/inherited fund upon approval ,your urgent confirmation is required within 48 hours to avoid misdirection of your contract/inherited funds to a wrong bank account . For urgent and proper attention respond through this email: ( evansmiguiel@gmail.com )
If you do not reply this message, it then means you are aware and authorized the change of account details to the below stated bank account and we will have no option than to go ahead and transfer your contract/inherited fund to the below stated bank account assuming that you authorized the change of bank account to the below stated bank account .
Bank name: Jammal Trust Bank SAL.
Account No: 212634823946261 LBP.
Iban no: LB40008000000210126343946261.
Swift: JTBKLBBE.
Account name: GMC CONSTRUCTION SAL.
You are hereby advised to stop every communication with any bank/ government official as it may be a means of confusing you while they syphoon your fund to another bank account.
Your co-operation is highly required to serve you better in this payment quarter of the year 2018.
Best Regards,
Dr.Evans Migueil
Email : evansmiguiel@gmail.com
United Nations/ International Monetary Fund investigation unit affiliated with World Bank.
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