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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: Bank Of Fayetteville <gigibecali779@gmail.com>
Reply-To: obank17@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 07:16:39 +0100
Subject: I WILL ADVISE YOU READ THE CONTENT OF THIS MESSAGES AND REPLY ME BACK

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Hi Dear,

My name is Kyle Holloway, am the Director of Unit Transfer Control, Bank of
Fayetteville at 1311 N. Steamboat Drive Fayetteville, Ar. 72704 USA. I will
need you to keep this as Utmost Secrecy between me and you, because a sum
of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars was accumulated through
inflated contract awards, and the money has been floating in the bank since
the original contractors have been paid off, The money is floating and
still remain unclaimed.

I will need you to comply with me since the original owner have be paid
off, so that I can open account in your name and move the funds inside it
or I will transfer the money to your Designated Bank account, after you
confirm the funds, I will travel to your location to share the funds with
you.

We are waiting to hear from you?

Regards,

Kyle Holloway.
Unit Transfer Control

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