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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: "U.S bank" <mr.mikeeze55@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usbank25@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 06:10:26 -0700
Subject: Re: GOOD News U.S. Bank

USBANK.
1317 Lombardi Access Road, Green Bay, WI 54304.


US BANK FINAL PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION: FUND BENEFICIARY.

After today's board meeting of the Treasury, the United States Department
of the Treasury, the IRS, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the World Bank
Directorate it was gathered That the overdue compensation of a fund worth
$5 Million has been deposited to this bank for onward payment. The reason
for this is because of the scam victims that lost a lot of money to African
and European Fraudsters,

Your name/email appeared in our payment schedule list of beneficiaries that
will receive their funds in this second quarter payment of the year
because we only transfer funds twice in a year according to our banking
regulation. We apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop
communicating with any office now and pay attention to our office/bank
payment accordingly.

RE-CONFIRM YOUR BELOW DETAILS.

Your Full Name__
Your Residential Address__
Your Sex / Age__
Occupation_
Telephone / Fax __
Next of Kin__
Your valid ID card _


The US bank will immediately remit your payment once I reconfirm your
information/ details.For further details and assistance on this Remittance
Notification, kindly forward your FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS, TELEPHONE
and FAX NUMBERS directly to this mail ( andrewcece52@gmail.com )

Your utmost response is needed to proceed with your payment.

We intend to finalize this payment in a few days time

Thank you for choosing US Bank.

Regards,
Andrew Cecere
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
U.S. Bank

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