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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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Fraud email example:

From: kdbcares77@gmail.com
Reply-To: bk_s@aol.com
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:30:23 +0900
Subject: RE: THE FUND IS IN WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK TEXAS,

I am Mother Deborah Lowen-Klein 78yrs old wife of Late Stanley Klein a New
Yorker who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT
14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva. See site below,
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investments
https://news.stonybrook.edu/alumni/deborah-lowen-klein-appointed-interim-vice-president-for-advancement/
before
his death we had a plan to use the last days of our lives to donate half of
what God blessed us with to the less privilege and charity homes around us,
it is unfortunate that my husband is not alive today to do this with me and
nature has been unfair with me am also diagnosed with COVID 19 with liver
cirrhosis I have battled with for long time now.

Instead of allowing U.S government to confiscate my $15,000.000.00 in
Woodforest National Bank Texas,the fund will be paid to you and I plead on
you to use $5,000.000.00 or more out of it to support the less privilege in
any part of the world and use the rest $10,000.000.00 or less for your
yourself and family .

My late husband and I to agreed to render support to an individual we have
not met before in life due to the fact when we were still young in life we
received an anonymous help from an individual we did not know and which we
have not being able to know till date, the impact we got from such gesture
made us to do same.

Take note: I have paid and obtained fund ownership and fund release order
on your behalf only money you need to send to the Woodforest National Bank
is transaction authorization fee.

Contact,
Chris Dvorachek, Manager woodforest nat`l bank Texas
Address: 25231 Grogans Mill Road Woodlands, TX 77380
Phone: (281) 909-8784
Office email: woodforestbk@usa.com

Reconfirm your address to the bank for security purpose, and also indicate
how you want the fund to be paid to you.

Full name address::...................
Your Home address:..................
Direct telephone number: .............
Occupation:..........................
Copy of your ID card:...................

Yours Faithfully,
Mother Deborah Lowen-Klein.

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