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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: "Mrs Edith Jones" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: barrister.adrien.nepage@autograf.pl
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:53:27 +0100
Subject: YOUR FUND IS READY TO TRANSFER.

Attn


Thank you for your email, this is the procedure for the fund transfer and i will like you to go through this procedures and make comment if it is acceptable to you to make this things resolved as soon as possible:this fund in question is $50,000,000 Million Dollars .

After our bank reconciliation and several attempt to transfer your fund. Our management has decided to consult a consultant who has been working for the bank on International Fund Transfer. The consultant has advise the bank that they cannot be able to move the fund directly from our bank (NAME YOUR BANK ). That the best way for them to move the fund is through a paying bank (PNC BANK).

PNC BANK will immediately transfer the fund to your account as an investment fund with the following procedures for more transparency and to avoid stoppage after the initiation of the fund transfer. Below are their procedures:

1. PNC BANK will send a representative to your country, the reason is that there will be an investment agreement that will be sign between you and the bank to establish a relationship between you and the bank, been that the PNC BANK will be claiming that the fund originated from their bank and there must be a document that will be sign to show that there was fund from PNC BANK transferring to you for Investment and the fund will not be coming to your account as an inheritance because of the documentation that is needed which may not be easy to obtain. The bank (PNC BANK) has accepted to move the fund as an investment fund to your account originating from their bank.

2. The representative of the bank that will be coming to your state will register the Investment Agreement with US Embassy in your state to legalize the fund transfer and notarize it. To confirm that the fund is legal and certified all the procedures for an investment in you country.

The representative will have a brief meeting with your bank to obtain all the compliance that is needed by your bank for the fund transfer.

Presently, we have moved your fund to PNC BANK and if you are ready for this procedure, please write back urgently to enable us direct you on what to do.

You as the recipient of the fund will provide the business class air ticket of the representative of the bank and also hotel accommodation and registration of the signing and notary in US Embassy will be paid by you on arrival of their representative in your country.

On receipt of your email, the information of the bank will be forwarded to you to open up a communication.



Regards,

Mrs Edith Jones Contact Email: barrister.adrien.nepage@autograf.pl



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