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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: "CBN" <contact@prashmachines.com>
Reply-To: <alliedsecfin3@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:16:31 -0700
Subject: Your payment has been approved for release.

Dear Beneficiary,

Here is a good news for you, though it may be a surprise but just last week the Central Bank of Nigeria received an order from the Federal High Court compelling us to effect your long overdue payment of $10.5Million USD to you and which must be transfer immediately by one of our money deposit bank in the United States of America, so following the order of the Court, the Central Bank Governor has approved "Allied Security Finance" being one of our most reputable accredited deposit banks in United States of America to effect your payment transfer to you without delay.

Congratulations! But contact Robert Monahan of "Allied Security Finance" for your payment transfer, also note, a deposit certificate will be giving to you as evident of your payment with Allied Security Finance.

Contact them immediately for the onward processing and payment transfer to you as been stated via the email below.

Contact person: Robert Monahan
Email: alliedsecfin3@gmail.com

Your sincerely,

Mr. Victor Attah
(Director of Remittance Dept)

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