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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: "James Jay" <soma.konduri@pmtpims.org>
Reply-To: woodforestbankdirector@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 03:40:31 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Notification of Your $18.5M Payment through E-Banking




Welcome WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK.
Address:5780 Franklin St, Michigan City, IN 46360, USA
Login website: https://www.woodforest.com/

I am Robert Marling General Director of Woodforest Bank, This message is
to official inform you that we
have received payment instructions we also congratulate you for been part
of the investors with our bank
in Marginal we are reputed for offering quality banking solutions. Our
services in the industry are made
simple to assist clients /our customers in all transaction phases,
planning and management of finance.
Therefore we are happy to inform you that based on our
recommendation/instructions, your Entire funds
has been gazetted for urgent release and will be credited through Our bank
Woodforest Bank. Further to
your transaction, we are very delighted to inform you that we are in
receipt of your fund and the payment
transfer instruction given to our organization to further remit the said
funds to you via our Woodforest Bank,
in view of this we seek to inform you on the availability of your fund and
its subsequent remittance to you.
which is a Financial Institution, licensed by the Financial Services
Commission, our services is to Arrange
Your Payment through E-Banking (Online/ Internet Banking) .

This Service will offer you the luxury and convenient of transferring your
fund through the use of your
Computer by accessing your account Online and subsequently making
Transfers with the use of the Details
that we will provide to you. It is a new and modern form of Fund Transfer
and its is SAFE, SECURE AND
CONVENIENT Inconclusive we wish to enlighten you our conduct of operation
and service rendering.
Dear customer we are to inform you that it the obligation of every of our
customer to open ONLINE Banking
account here in our bank in which he/her will use to transfer the fund
into your local bank account.
Your funds was deposited in Woodforest Bank for online bank transfer and
the entire United Nations
and United States Secretary of the Treasury has made every necessary
arrangement to transfer your
funds to you via E-online bank transfer through our banking system since
you were unable to receive
your funds after every stories that you heard so far and all the
unnecessary payment that you have
been make , so the whole United Nations and United States Secretary of the
Treasury Sec. Steven
Mnuchin Has concluded to compensate you with the sum of $18 million United
State Dollars plus
your due funds of $5 Hundred Thousand United States Dollars making your
due funds valued total
sum of US$18.5 Million United State Dollars.

Personal Information to open online Bank account and give you the Login
details
to Transfer your Fund Request.

Account Holder:......
Holder's Phone number:........
Holder's Address:......
Holder's Date Of Birth:.......
Nationality:.......
Next Of Kin:.........

Your urgent respond is highly needed as soon as possible for immediate
proceed of your online banking.

Signed/ Approved
James Jay Dreibelbis
General manager
Woodforest Bank

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