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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: "POWER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ESQANTHONYPOWER@OUTLOOK.COM>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:58:25 +0100
Subject: FROM MRS. LOU JEFF POWER ANTHONY

Headquarters: New York, NY, United States of America
Founded: 1914, New York City, New York, United States
ADDRESS: 33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001

From the desk of MRS. LOU JEFF POWER ANTHONY

We have this day received a payment credit instruction from the UNITED ARAB EMETATE to credit your account with your full COMPENSATION fund of US$8.4Million from the DUBAI ISLAMIC BANK account with our Chase bank NY.

We apologize for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences we might put you through, while we were having some minor problems with our payment system which in all case not meeting up with fund beneficiary payments, we apologize once again.

Meanwhile a woman came to this bank few days ago with a letter claiming to be your true representative and is willing to pay $800 for the Fund Transfer Acceptance Fee to have the fund delivered to her. Here is her information’s below.

Name: Mrs. Maria Burris
Bank name: Bank Of America, USA
Account Number: 6503809008
Routing number: 322271627
Swift code#:WMSBUS88
Address: 1723 Palmdale Bulv
Palmdale ca..93586

Please do reconfirm to this bank as a matter of urgency if this woman is from you or not so that the federal government will not beheld responsible for paying into wrong account, if this woman is not your representative, you are requested to fill and send this information’s for verification purpose so that your fund valued ($8.400, 000.00 usd) will be remitted in to your nominated bank account.

Please do provide the below information accurately for this office shall not be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.

1. Bank Name:
2. Bank account number:
3. Route number:
4. Swift code:
5. Bank name:
6. Company name:
7. Position:
8. Address:
9. Working Id/ int’l Passport
10. Age:
11. Your telephone/Mobile number(Very Important)

Secondly,the only money you pay for the transfer to take place is just $800 being the Fund Transfer Acceptance Fee from the government of Benin,and you are giving a limited time to send the payment and please be advise that you are to send the payment to American Embassy office in Benin, Please be informed that you are not going to pay any other payment to anybody and do not be deceived by any body to send any other payment.

I anticipate your urgent reply.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Thanks and God bless you.

Sincerely.
MRS. LOU JEFF POWER ANTHONY
TRANSFER INSPECTION OFFICER
Chase bank NY

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