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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: Mr John Rusher <mrjohnrusher11@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 23:31:10 -0700
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary,


This is to officially informed you that the two people you sent to our Bank
{CIBC BANK OF CAYMAN ISLAND} to stand on your behalf in receiving your
approved inheritance/contract fund has arrived successfully but we want to
be sure if they were really your representatives, that is why we CIBC BANK
OF CAYMAN ISLAND contacted you first due to an instruction has been given
by the Debt Reconciliation Committee of United Nation that all funds owed
to respective beneficiaries has to be paid before the budget office
compiles the budget for the year 2021

Below here are the account details they (your Representatives) submitted to
us for the transferring of your total sum of $25.5Million Dollars with
accrued interest inclusive, also we were informed that this account was
given to them by you, so we want you to contact us immediately with the
confirmation of this subject matter to enable us commence with your
transfer.

BANK NAME: WELLS FARGO BANK.
ADDRESS: 1063 11TH ST REEDLEY CA 93654
ACCOUNT NO: # 3292957895
ROUTING NO: # 121042882.
BENEFICIARY NAME: JAMES WILSON.

Please confirm to us if the above information is correct/true and was
endorsed by you just to enable us commence on the transferring of the said
funds. It is imperative to let you know that the approval payment
instruction has been given by the United Nation after their meeting with
CIBC Management, so we need your urgent response to enable us meet up with
the mandate given to us by the United Nation.

We also need your full details in order to backup your transfer payment in
the following order.

FULL NAME
ADDRESS:
ZIP CODE
COUNTRY:
AGE/SEX:
OCCUPATION:
A VALID IDENTITY CARD:

Finally, if we do not hear from you after five (5 days) working banking
days from this notification, CIBC management will not be held liable for
any negative outcome or protest in any law court as to our inability to
transfer the said fund to the intended recipient. We shall also honor legal
pivots from your representatives and affect the transfer if we do not get
any written matter from you in contrast to this notification within the
same period.

Yours in service,

Mr. JOHN RUSHER
ADDRESS: P. 0 BOX 68 GT 25 MAIN STREET,
GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND KY1-1102

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