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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: PLEASE READ THIS <halifax_insurance.uk@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 13:33:49 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: YOUR FUNDS ARE READY TO BE WIRED


 ATTENTION

YOUR  PAYMENT APPROVAL IS READY

I am writing to inform you that your fund is ready for payment, as approved by the Federal Reserve Bank  this time, I wish to confirm from  You if Mr. Gary Raymond who is in our office for the same reason, has your mandate to receive your fund on your behalf as he stated that you are ill and hospitalized, as he is claiming with written evidence signed by you. For your information, Mr. Gary Raymond is from Houston Texas, U.S.A.Because this office will not be liable to any wrong payment, kindly note that upon your confirmation of his mandate and authorization, we shall have no other option than to pay the funds into the following bank account detail, as submitted by Mr. Gary Raymond;

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


Kindly update this office if you authorized him to claim your fund on your behalf. We will inform you on your response on how you will receive your payment if you did not authorized him to claim your fund but if you are the one who authorized him then return this mail with the copy of the Power Of Attorney (POA) to enable us released the fund to him.

As soon as we hear from you that you did not authorized him then our International Remittance Dept will contact you for the transfer Note that if you still wish to receive your funds do get back to us immediately so that we will remove your funds transfer from the list of those transactions to be seized by the United States Government.

NB YOU ARE TO STOP COMMUNICATING WITH ANYONE AS DEAL ONLY WITH ME FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR FUNDS

Kindly fill this information to confirmed your profile so that i can send it to the bank to process yout payment

1. Full Name

2. Contact Address:

3. Country:

4. Age:

5. Phone:

6. Occupation:

Yours Faithfully

Mark Taylor



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