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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: "Dr.Evans Migueil" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <evansmiguiel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 03:25:39 +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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