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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: "MR Donald Duke" <orly@leap-now.com>
Reply-To: duke@mtcreditunion.net
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:26:10 -0700
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT FROM M&T CREDIT UNION BANK

*MR Donald Duke Chief Executive officer International Payment Department M&T
CREDIT UNION Telephone: +1315-675-5869 Email: duke@mtcreditunion.net *

*Attn: **Beneficiary*

*The united nation (UN) have interceded to your favor today and have
given the Management of the M&T CREDIT UNION bank Corporate Office Headquarters
here an approval to pay you your owed contract, inheritace and all your lost fund with
the sum of $32,000,000.00.(thirty two million united state dollars) We here to let you know
that we won't be able to deduct out any money out of your funds as it is an imposed
oder by the united state government to avoid divert of your fund by any of the corupt
official in the bank here so therefore government have made it your sole resposiblity
to handle the littel expenses that will be used by our legal depertments here to complete
your fund realese paperwork attached to your fund before your fund can be fully approved
into your account or will be loaded into a BLACK CARD credit card which your daily limit will be programed of ($20,000 per day)

and can be used in any part of the world you go,
so it is your right to chose which way you prefer to have your fund received either by the BLACK CARD CREDIT CARD OR through

our wire transfer direct into any of your provided account so therefore in regards to your estimated paperwork charge it was

brought to our knowledge by our legal department that it will cost you only but just ($

1,590) to have everything finalized and

have your fund send to you direct into your provided account or have it loaded into a BLACK CARD CREDIT CARD and have it

dispatched to your provided address so you can use the below information to make the required payment when getting back with

the payment details do not forget to also provide along with your banking detail and current address for the immediate process.*

*Kindly make the fee available through any Western Union or Money gram.*


PAYMENT INFORMATION

Receiver Name ........Margaret Ann Heflin


Address...WINTER GARDEN FLORIDA USA

Zip code : 34787

Amount :..$1,590

Sender name :...

Tracking number :..

*Once we receive the payment details along with your choice of receiving the fund
either loaded in a BLACK CARD CREDIT CARD OR through direct wire into your account
with your account details, current address, current ocupation and photo ID for
identification purpose, we will immediately proceed with the transfer of your
funds into your account or dispatch your BLACK CARD CREDIT CARD to your address
for you to start using immediately*

*For further inquires, please send us a text message to this office
number +1315-675-5869*
*Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve your banking needs.*

*Reply to Officially Sealed.*

*Yours faithfully,
MR Donald Duke Chief Executive officer International
Payment Department*

*M&T CREDIT UNION*

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