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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.John E. Whitley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pncbank269@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:44:48 -0800
Subject: A NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS TRANSFER

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY.
C/O THE WHITE HOUSE 1600 PENNSYLVANIA
WASHINTON,DC 20005 USA.
 
RE-IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF 13.8MILLION USD
 
My name  is Mr.John E. Whitley the secretary to the Federal Ministry of Finance United State of America to be precise, I hereby to bring to your notice  about your immediate payments of $13.8m,Your funds $13.8m has being deposited to the PNC BANK UNITED STATE (PNC) and this deposit was made officially by our seating president Donald Trump with this deposit certificate number,200089748 and he orderd the said bank to transfer the funds to your account as soon as you contact them.
 
During his campaign for his first term in the office of the president then he received a lot of complaint from the international community and united nations as well that a lot of scams  has being going on in this country and with this reason he vow that if he assume the office for the first term as president then he is going to  deal with the issue of the scammers and pay the people that were involves on it in the pass And your name was found on the list that was submitted to our office recently that your yet to be paid.
 
And through the legal information arrives to us here that most of the scammers are using western union and MoneyGram for the scamming activities, telling the innocent  people that western union will pay them such big amount of money. We want to let you know today that western union has no right to handle such payments so stop wasting your time with them.
 
Your funds $13.8m can only be transfer to your Account online by PNC BANK the appointed bank by the federal government to transfer your funds directly to your account once you contact them with all your bank details.
 
The funds were available  at the bank now and the bank Manager  Mr.Anderson Cosh  has being waiting for you to  contact them  today for your payments.
 
 
So contact the PNC Bank Immediately you receive this email message and you can also call the Manager on phone and ask him to transfer your funds into your provided account.
 
This is the Contact E-mail Address of the PNC BANK.(PNC)
 
Contact E-mail..(pncbank269@gmail.com)
Contact Person Mr.Anderson Cosh Manager
Telephone +1-202-769-5255
 
Please Do not forget to contact the PNC Bank with all your bank details such as follows
 
1. Full Name And Address ......
2. Your Bank Account Number..
3.Swift Code Number..
4. The Bank Name ...........
5. The address of your bank....
6.Your direct telephone number....
 
Note that the funds were deposited with the Insurance bond and this is the  insurance certificate number, 0529, So feel free to contact the directed Bank Immediately. The PNC Bank May request the fee of $550.00 from you which will serve as the value added task(VAT) according to the Bank Manager. And the $550.00 was the only fee needed on this transaction and as you are contacting them today then ask them where you can send the $550.00 to them to get your funds transferred to your account  online  immediately.
 
Do let me know immediately you receive the funds. God bless you as I wait to hear from you soon.
 
Your Faithfully
 
Mr.John E. Whitley
From Federal Ministry of Finance USA.

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