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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: CITI-BANK U S A <amechiamuzie@gmail.com>
Reply-To: citibankk3@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 10:34:24 -0700
Subject: PLEASE KINDLY REPLY FOR YOUR $10.5M

WELCOME TO CITI-BANK OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
1650 Market Street, 43rd Floor in Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103

Attn; Beneficiary Customer.

This is to officially bring to your notice regarding the recovery of
your Compensation funds worth $10,500,000.00 Millions United States
Dollars with the help of the UNITED NATIONS FUNDS INVESTIGATION AGENCY
in conjunction with the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF) and the
total amount of $10,500,000.00 Millions USD recovered in your name has
been deposited to transfer to you through our banking wire transfer
bank to bank to your own personal bank account.

To this effect, you are to contact us with the details below for the
immediate verification/authentication of the release of your funds for
security reasons

Full name:
Address:
Telephone;
Country:
City:
Gender:
Occupation:
bank account:
account name:
bank name:
routing number:
swift code:
and Copy of your ID Card:

Note: We can also convert your payments to Bank Cheque or ATM card and
ship to your address which will permit you a daily withdrawal limit of
$5000.00USD if it is your choice. So, kindly reply and make your
choice of payment method and also ask for how much it will cost you.

You are advised to provide the above listed details for verification
and security checkup before your total fund will be release to you to
avoid any mistakes or error after transferring your fund.

Looking forward to your immediate response today

BEST REGARDS
MR EUGENE K. MILLER
FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER
EMAIL: citibankk3@gmail.com

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