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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: "Mr. Steven Maxwell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <josephmelocchi@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 20:09:49 +1000
Subject: Fund Release

Attn:

Case pin code Number: FUN/DS:25748403/23

I want to use this means to inform you that an important meeting was
held last week Friday, 3rd May 2019, regarding your unclaimed
CERTIFIED CASHIER'S CHEQUE. which you have not been able to have a
successful claim over for sometime now. The meeting took place
with the FBI, IMF and US Treasury officials. It was finally agreed
that since you were unable to claim the prizes due to courier charges
and other difficulties encountered, you will now be receiving
the total sum of $2,000,000.00 USD ( Two Million United States
Dollars) through an Online Banking system with a reliable and
efficient correspondent paying bank (EH NATIONAL BANK).

This simply means that you will have to immediately contact the bank
and make reference to this email. Once they receive your email,
instructions will be given to you on how to apply for an online
banking account setup in your name. Once this is done an online
account username and password will be sent to you to enable you login
to your account to confirm full deposit of your fund before
you can immediately commence direct transfer to any of your bank
account.

This is all you need to receive your long awaited Compensation fund
which has now been totally converted to cash equivalent of
$2,000,000.00 USD(Two Million United States Dollars) with the help
of the US Treasury Department.

You are to immediately contact the bank now with the below details
Mr. Joseph Melocchi, He will guide you through the compensation process
until your fund is released to you.

EH National Bank

Name: Mr. Joseph Melocchi
Email: josephmelocchi@gmail.com

We implore you to immediately contact the bank right now as your quick
and immediate response will do you good.

Best Regards,
Mr. Steven Maxwell
Financial Secretary
US Treasury Department.

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