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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: FROM BANK OF SOUTHWEST USA <ibrahimlamorde863@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jw955410@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 14:29:10 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS AND LAST WARNING

FROM BANK OF SOUTHWEST USA.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Attention: Beneficiary.

NOTIFICATION
FOR RELEASE OF $10.5M

This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today.
I am Ms. Anna Robert, the, International Remittance Department of this
Bank. My boss Mr. Charles Richard, the Chief Executive Officer of BANK
OF SOUTHWEST is now on compulsory leave and all power has been vested
on me to make all international payment. Furthermore due to
allegations of corrupt practices against and other Banks system, our
Bank has been appointed to effect all overdue payment.

Be informed that the Government have approved the release of $10.5M
which has been in this Bank UNCLAIMED. My boss in collaboration with
Janet L. Yellen, Chair of FEDERAL RESERVE BANK and they refuse to tell
you the truth that you all need is to obtain only CERTIFICATE OF
INDEMNITY to claim your fund. This is because they have been using the
interest accumulated from your fund every year to enrich themselves
without your knowledge. I want to help you PULL OUT this fund to your
Bank account today by using the easiest and quickest method which has
not been known to you before. By this method a Domiciliary Account
will be opened for you here in our Bank and your $10.5M will confirm
in your account within 48 hours.

A domiciliary account is a secure account which we will open here in
our Bank in your name for further credit of $10.5M into the newly
opened account. The essence of this domiciliary account is to secure
and protect your payment from being diverted by fraudulent people or
making payment to a foreign account which do not belong to you. The
greatest advantage is that you can instruct us to credit your
nominated account bit by bit with small amount thereby saving yourself
from the trouble of Financial Authority that monitor large transfer
due to current trend of terrorism.

To avoid delay in domiciliary account opening or paying the fund to
wrong individual/ beneficiary, I have decided to contact you for
confirmation if you are still alive and interested in receiving your
fund.

But If I fail to hear from you after 48 hours, it will be assumed that
that you are no more you are alive Or not interested in receiving your
fund and the fund will send to Government account without further
delay.

Therefore, if you are still alive and interested in receiving your
fund, you are urgently required to fill out the below form with your
information and return the filled form to this office, this important
and confidential information is necessary.

Customer Personal information.

YOUR FULL NAME:....................................................
HOME ADDRESS:......................................................
COUNTRY:......................................................
TELEPHONE NUMBER:..................................................
CELL PHONE:........................................................
YOUR OCCUPATION:........................................................
ATTACHED ANY OF YOUR ID CARD OR PASSPORT:.

Finally, I hope you now understand the advantages of a Domiciliary
account and why you need this account to receive your payment of
$10.5M now in our Bank. You are advice to forward as a matter of
urgency your full information, direct telephone and Fax number and
your contact address as we have started the process of the account
opening in your name.

This CERTIFICATE OF INDEMNITY is very important and it is what you
will use to transfer/ confirm your payment in your account. We assure
you of our commitment to your payment after all your disappointments
in the past.

Reply this mail with your information to let us know if you are still
alive and interested in receiving your fund or not. Upon the receipt
of this email kindly send the required information.

Yours faithfully,

Ms. Anna Roberts
(International Remittance Department)

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