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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. Roi Samuel Jalo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <onlyroijalo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:47:58 +0100
Subject: Re: Re: Your Money Transfer

My Dear Friend,

I Just to inform you, Compliments of the season, we want to bring to your notice, that your unclaimed sum of One Million, Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000.00 ) United States Dollars Only) being a part project funding for you from the IMF has not been claimed by you.

Sequel to this, I have contacted you for more than two (2) times without getting any reply from you not until today, when someone who indicated himself ,to be your next of kin from America contacted us requesting that you are seriously ill and hospitalise, that your money be transfer to him on the below bank account in USA.

Citizens Bank Of East Tennessee,
207 Washington street, Rogers villetn 37857-0000.
Account Number: 705383140
Routing Number; 064202967.
Swift Code: CBE05G320R
Beneficiary Name: Gary H Raymond
Thus, it has been of a matter of urgency that you’re adhered to come forth to the claim this fund without any hitch if you are avaliable. We have the mandate of amnesty to effect of the conclusion and release all the pending foreign funds to its recipients’ upon compliance of the Financial Ethics Law of 2016 as amended. We implore you to kindly re-confirm all your contact details, so that we can compute into our data processing unit and to provide you with the next important informations.

We have provided a modalities ,to effect the success of this transaction at easy without delay, while waiting to have the below from you;

Scan copy of your National ID CARD.
Contact address and Phone numbers

Thanks for banking with us.

Regards,
Mr. Roi Samuel Jalo

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