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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: Valere Adjaka <valereadjaka@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:14:43 -0700
Subject: Valley Bank Plc

Valley Bank
284 FIFTH AVENUE
New York, NY 10016 USA

Good day, how are you are you doing today? After today's board
meeting of the Treasury, the United States Department of the Treasury,
the IRS, the Reserve Bank and the World Bank Directorate, it was
gathered hat the overdue compensation fund worth US $5 Million has We
have been deposited to this bank for onward payment.

This is compensation funds due to being a scam victim of West African
scam, and you are hereby advised to stop further communication with
any one claiming to have possession of your funds as our bank will
release it to you with 7working days, we have agreed to released your
funds via our online banking system, so you are advice to get back to
us with these details.

RE-CONFIRM YOUR BELOW DETAILS.

Your Full Name

Your Residential Address

Your Sex / Age

Occupation

Telephone / Fax

Next of Kin

Your utmost response is needed to proceed with your payment.

We are look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for choosing Valley Bank

Best Regards,
Mr. Ira Robbins
CEO, Valley Bank Plc

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