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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: "David I Mckay" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <royalbankofcanada83@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 05:19:37 -0700
Subject: $4,000,000.00 USA PAYMENT NOTIFICATION FROM ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (RBC)

Attention Customer,
This is to inform you that a Winning payment in the amount of US$4,000,000.00, (Four Million  United State Dollars) was legally approved and deposited with this Bank, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and it was deposited in your name by the Lottery  Board  Executive Directors Of Coca-Cola Company Canada Branch, and they instructed this Bank to credit this Winning direct to your private bank account with immediate effect, Meanwhile, the good news about your File now is that your Winning payment file with some of the legal documents backing this prize has been forwarded to the International Monitoring Fund (IMF) for final approval, And we shall proceed with the transfer immediately we hear from you because we were mandated to transfer this Winning to you as one of the winner whose the name is listed in the Coca-Cola Company Canada Lottery award.
However, Please note that Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) have decided and agreed together to send this payment to you by either bank Electronic wire transfer, online bank transfer or an ATM Card services depending the option you would prefer to receive this Winning for security purpose, so you are therefore advised to quickly get back to the management of this bank and let this Bank know the option you choose to have your Winning credited into your account to enable this Bank proceed with the claim process of your Winning.
In accordance with the provision of electronic funds transfer of sub sections 359(6) of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) bank allied matters act 1990, your wining will be transfer to your bank account within 5-hours, please expedite actions as the rightful winner, as the administrative overheads statement account valued added balance sheet have been issued in your favor. $4,000,000.00 USD Payment notification from Royal Bank Of Canada (RBC).
We wait your immediate response with your information below to enable this bank proceeds immediately with the transfer of your Winning as we were directed.
Full name .........
Phone number:......
Passport no:..........
Residential address...
Email address:........
Alternative email address:.....
Occupation..........
Bank Name:.......
Bank Address:....
Account Number:..
Account Name:....
Routing Number:.
Full number of your SSN.........
 
Please don't fail to fill this form above because it will help this bank a lot to make sure that your Winning transfer immediately. Secondly we are so sorry for our late respond due to we have a lot of customers to attend here, so please fill this form for the immediate transfer.
Yours Faithfully,
David I Mckay
The President and CEO.
Royal Bank Of Canada (RBC).
Head Office Location Address: 200 Bay Street,
Royal Bank Plaza,
Toronto, ON, CA, M5J 2J5.
(806)429-4723

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