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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr. John Kabango" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jkabango17@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 22:11:10 -0700
Subject: Dear sir,
From Prudential Regulation Authority
Liason Office: 52, wuse Abuja.
OFFICIAL LETTER OF CLARIFICATION
Attention: Beneficiary (003).
Dear sir,
We are communicating this message to you for your urgent attention regarding your pending payment of UDS$ 12.4 Million, which was reviewed recently.
We would like to find out from you if indeed you are the one who gave the under stated person the right to claim your fund for you on your behalf because there was a letter filed to confirm that you are dead and that you left a will for your fund to be released to the bellow name.
He as stated bellow and had just presented his banking coordinates as follow:
MR. RAMESH BODAPATI BABU.
Account details he presented:
Bank Name:WELLS FARGO BANK
My Bank Address:3433 S. Maryland Pkwy.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 U.S.A.
Name on Account: Hughes Ludwig Hunt
New checking:3176 7222 58
Checking Account Number: 3176 7222 58
Bank Telephone: -702- 632 2300
SWIFT number: WFBIUS6S
Routing number:321 270 742 Checking
Beneficiary:Hughes Ludwig Hunt
Above are his full detail and banking coordinate where he had already concluded that fund be transfer to.
We therefore want to verify this application before we can recommend your payment to the assigned bankers for your immediate payment while you observe all transfer protocol.
Be honest to confirm this to us for us to be able to help make your fund safe for your claim. We had had several issues like this which has alerted us with such application letter for claim.
We look forward to hearing from you urgently.
Yours sincerely,
Dr.John Kabango.
Forensic Unit.Prudential Regulation Authority.
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