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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: "Barr. Raymond Atkins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pecupecur@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:57:42 -0500
Subject: Re: Are your bank details with the NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK still valid?

My Dear,

In review of the alarming rate of Money Laundering and Extortion observed by U.S Treasury Department, a petition to IMF, International Regulatory Authority through the U.S Congress was sworn into action that the governing body of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) facts finding department to investigate the unnecessary delay of accredited payments, as your payment with National Australia Bank details was among the listed beneficiaries submitted for the approved Scheduled Payment.

In the Payment Schedule with the Debt Payment Review, you are approved to receive a consolidated fund of $10M. The just concluded IMF acquisition process of all pending payments with the U.S Treasury Department resolved and agreed that all unclaimed Funds should be released ASAP.

Based on these facts, please note that upon receipt of your response we will process your unclaimed Funds, so if you like to receive your fund, contact me for directives.

Note that I will be compensated when your account is credited as this email is very private as your file will be giving top priority.

PLEASE ARE THIS DETAILS STILL VALID.

BANK: NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK
ACCOUNT NAME: RICHARD MILES
BRANCH NUMBER: 084424
SWIFT CODE: NATAAU3302S

Your immediate compliance to this will expedite actions on your payment as we have a lot of listed beneficiaries to be settled but we have contacted you privately.

Barr. Raymond Atkins
pecupecur@gmail.com

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