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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: "Large Allen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <allenlarge553@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:38:31 -0000
Subject: PACKAGED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION

I am the Manager of international commercial Bank of CANADA,[I.C.B]
Oakville branch CANADA. I write you this proposal in good faith; I am
married with two lovely children. I am a man of peace, and have sincere
respect for human feelings and opinions. I have packaged a financial
transaction that will benefit you and I. As the Manager of International
commercial Bank of CANADA,[I.C.B],Oakville branch CANADA it is my duty to
send in a financial report to my head office.

in the capital city, Of CANADA at the end of each business year. On the
course of last year, 2017 business report, I discovered that the branch in
which I am the Manager made Eight Million.Seven Hundred & Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars ($8,750,000.00) which my head office is not aware of
and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call
Escrow account with no beneficiary name. As an officer of this bank and
there will be upfront fees, but the fees will be shared based on the
percentage % agreed below.

I cannot be directly connected to this funds, so my aim of contacting you
is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 50% of the
total funds as commission. There are practically no risks involved, the
transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you and I from any breach of the law, it will be simply a bank to
bank online wire transfer.

Like i said, any charges needed for the final transfer of this funds will
be paid by both of us based on the stated 50% - 50% sharing of the large
funds, I need your personal information and bank details so that my head
office can order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you
accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much as you are the first
and the only person I am contacting for this transaction.

Yours Sincerely.
Large Allen

PERSONAL DATA
1.First Name..........
2.Middle Name........
3.Last Name............
4.Gender............
5.Month Of Birth... Day.. Year...
6.Marital Status............
7.Nationality............
8.Religion...............
9.Occupation/Company`s Name.:
10.Mobile phone No.............
11.House Phone No...............
12.Email Address.: .eg. username@dormainname.com
13.Working Identity Card....

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