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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: HONOURABLE MARK KELLEY <leomoore115@gmail.com>
Reply-To: suntrustbank697@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 07:11:27 -0700
Subject: Attention: Sir/Madam:



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Attention: Sir/Madam:

My name is Honorable Mark Kelley, the SUNTRUST Bank Manager/Financial
Director to the Government of the U.S.A Federation. I wishes to inform
you that after a long lasted meeting held by the World Bank, United
Nations & I.M.F including all the members states of the United Nations
countries representatives across the globe which ended seven days, it
was reportedly alarmed at the high rate of Scams and Frauds attacks
presently coming around the world and precisely from West Africa
countries to the innocent citizens of the world like you by making
things difficult for you to receive your funds amount of (US$16Million
United States Dollars), we have confirmed that this funds is officially
assigned & belongs to you and as a result of this we deem it appropriate
to intimate you that the world representatives have agreed during the
meeting that we recall all UNPAID FUNDS from around the globe especially
from Africa & which we have already finalized the recalling of the funds
two days ago and the funds are presently lodged with our bank here in
U.S.A. The SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A is the bank presently officially
assigned & approve to release your funds to you to ensure that your
must receive your funds this time around without any further scam acts
by those fraudsters to you, we actually presently made this step after
the US financial protection and monitoring unit dictates that innocent
citizens like you had lost a lot of money to Fraudsters, criminals and
scammers.

As a result of the above mentioned, we make this protective move due to
the inability & failure of those previous scam people you are dealing
with to complete the transaction for you. This is also in line with the
instructions of the USA Treasurer, the White House Financial Authority &
the government of the USA in general in compliance to section 3
subsection 1(a) of the United States Financial Law enacted in 2001 after
an attack on our dear country on September 11,2001.

This payment program is approve that your total funds amount of
(US$16Million Dollars) will presently be pay/release to you through
online bank account system. We have scrutinized and ascertained approval
that our bank, The SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A will immediately release the
said funds of yours to you by the online banking system which we deem
100% secure for you to presently receive your funds. We are here to
inform you that we have concluded all necessary arrangements and your
funds payment will immediately be effected through the approve online
bank account opening on your behalf. The system is for our bank the The
SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A to set up a personalized on-line (real time)
account for you where your total FUNDS amount of(US$16Million Dollars)
will be deposited, following which you can access the funds directly
effect transfers by yourself to any account of your choice to any bank
in the world.

Hence you reply to this email and contact with our bank, The SUNTRUST
BANK, U.S.A , we will issued your online account to you together with
the password through which you can use to access your online account
with us on this our official website https:suntrustbank.com and commence
your funds transfer to you personal bank account & also effect transfers
by yourself to any account of your choice to any bank in the world.

We the, the SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A already have some of your information
which we have on your payment file with us here. Meanwhile, to ensure
that your information here on file with us is appropriately correct, you
are also required to immediately reply via this below stated contact
information.

E-Mail:suntrustbank697@gmail.com
Website: https://suntrustbank.com
Tel.:+1(501) 485-0022

You are to reconfirm / send us your full personal information, including
your phone and I.D, you have to send the stated details to us the
SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A for us to reconfirm and ensure that we are actually
dealing with the rightful owner of the funds and for the 100% security
and avoid an eventual paying out of the funds to a wrong person, we need
to urgently hear back from you so we can instantly process and finalize
the setting up of your on-line account. You may wish to mention more
detail regarding your funds in Africa and the failed transactions you
had and still presently having in other countries to facilitate the
process.

We are now set to immediately arrange and credit your account
accordingly, and give you the relevant access codes. You will thereafter
access the funds directly and operate the account as you may deem fit.
Please treat this as very urgent as to facilitate urgent due to
portfolio constraints. As you reply and kindly revert to me for further
clarifications on any matter of concern, my dear, this is still the
opportunity for you and you have to urgently comply so that your funds
will immediately get to your custody. Still remember that after (Some
Days) you did not comply, then i Will have not other option than to
regard your funds as unclaimed and divert it to USA Government Reserve
Fund Government Treasury.

Please treat this as a matter of urgency .
Sincerely Yours,

HONOURABLE MARK KELLEY,
THE USA SUNTRUST BANK MANAGER/FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE U.S.A FEDERATIONS

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