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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: John Collins <rebeccac251@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info77@janitorsolutions.com
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:04:55 -0700
Subject: This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today.

*TD CANADA TRUST BANK OF CANADA 350 LAWRENCE AVE EAST, SCARBOROUGH
ONCANADA, MB OAE ATTN: Sir NOTIFICATION FOR RELEASE OF $10.5M This letter
is written to you in order to change your life from today. I am Mr.John
Collins the new director, international Remittance department of this bank,
my boss MR. CALVIN CARLOS, the MD/ CEO of this bank is now on compulsory
leave and all power has been vested on me to make all international
payments .Furthermore, due to allegations of corrupt practice against other
CANADA Banks, the Federal Government of CANADA has appointed this bank to
effect all the overdue payments. Be informed that the Federal Government of
Canada has Approved the release of $10.5M which have been in this bank for
many years UNCLAIMED. Our Boss in collaboration with the Governor of
Central Bank of CANADA have refuse to tell you the truth on how to claim
your fund, this is because they has been using the interest accumulated
from your fund every year to enrich themselves Without your knowledge I
want to help you POOL OUT this fund to your Bank account today using the
easiest and quickest method which have not been known to you before By this
method a Domiciliary Account will be opened for you. A domiciliary account
is a secure account which we will open for you in our Bank and Credit your
payment of $10.5M for further credit into your account, the essence of this
Domiciliary Account is to secure and protect your payment from being
diverted by fraudulent people or making payment to a foreign account which
do not belong to you, the greatest advantage is that you can instruct us to
credit your nominated account bit by bit With small amounts thereby saving
yourself from the embarrassment of the Financial Authority in your country
who monitors large transfers due to the current trend of terrorist. Another
beauty of the domiciliary account is that you can retain the balance left
in your account in our Bank and can also instruct us to pay out money to
any bank of your choice in the world, or issue you an ATM Card which you
can use in any part of the world when in a business trip. I hope you now
understand the advantages of a domiciliary account and why you need this
account to receive your payment of $10.5M now in our Bank. You are advised
to forward as a matter of urgent your direct telephone and Fax number and
your contact Address as we have started the process of opening the account
for you. All that is require of you is to activate the newly opened
Domiciliary Account with a minimum of $450 usd in line with Provisions of
Section 2 Sub Section (iia) of Banks and Financial Act of 2001 which state
that all Non Resident Account Otherwise known as Domiciliary must be
activated to make the account operational, while Sub Section (iib) do NOT
permit any Bank official from making deduction from the payment to be
deposited in the domiciliary account, which is $10.5M in your own Case.
Call me on +1416 6197588 that I will issue you payment release code which
must be given to you personally on telephone Strictly for security reasons.
This code is very important and is what you will use to confirm your
payment, Yours faithfully Mr.John Collins Director International Remittance*

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