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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: "Senior Payment Acc" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 04:17:35 -0400
Subject: PAYMENT- KEY TELEX TRANSFER (KTT).....

With all due respect,

This particular letter is strictly confidential and only for your perusal.

This is to officially inform you that we have written to you before now without getting response from you and we believe that

our previous mail did not get to you, therefore we write to you again that the United Nations Compensation Commission payment

exercise is in progress now
Based on your inability to complete your claim from your previous transactions, we have been officially appointed by World

Bank - Switzerland to release the already ear-marked (assigned) sum of (US$9,500,000.00) to you as a form of settlement of

debt. Officially, you are the true beneficiary to the stated sum. The US Treasury Department and the Securities/Exchange

Commission are collectively ready to APPROVE and ORDER for the immediate swift wire transfer of your due funds via

Telegraphic Transfer/Telex Transfer (Swift).

As a matter of fact we are ready to effect the onward remittance of your due fund but your partner/representative ( Mr.

Graham Hood ) from Canada has advised us to transfer your fund into his own personal account. The mentioned person (Mr.

Graham Hood ) said that you authorized him to help you collect your due fund from this bank.

Please confirm to us if we should release your due fund to your partner/representative ( Mr. Graham Hood).

We hereby anticipate your swift response because this is urgent.

Sealed,

Senior Payment Account Officer.
Chairman Foreign Debt/Payment,
(Privacy Policy, Terms, Satisfaction and Banking Accuracy).

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