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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Joseph Jr" <terry@noarus.com>
Reply-To: <b.west60@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 08:18:19 -0700
Subject: EXTERNAL - Attention Please.

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.


Attention Please

This is to inform you that a compensation payment in the amount of
US$20,000,000.00, (Twenty Million United State Dollars) was legally
approved by the central bank of Uganda and deposited few days ago with
Bank of The West Branch,Address. 810 W. schultz Rd Tracy Ca 95376 USA, and it was deposited in your name by the Central bank of UGANDA /compensation committee of the Executive Directors Of World Bank Group in conjunction with the European Union Board Of Directors, and they
instructed us to credit this fund direct to your private bank account
with immediate effect,

Meanwhile, the good news about your fund now is that your compensation
payment file with some of the legal documents backing this fund has
been forwarded to the Federal Ministry Of Finance for final approval,
And we shall proceed with the transfer immediately we hear from you
because we were mandated to transfer this fund to you as one of the
beneficiary whose the name is listed in the World Bank foreign debts
settlement/compensation

However, Please note that Bank of The West have decided and agreed together to send this payment to you by either bank wire transfer or by online bank transfer services depending the option you would prefer to
receive this fund for security purpose, so you are therefore advised
to quickly get back to the management of this bank and let us know the
option you choose to have your fund credited into your account to
enable us proceed with the claim process of your fund.

We wait your immediate response with your information below to enable
this bank proceeds immediately with the transfer of your fund as we
were directed.


Full Name....................
Home Address.................
Valid Phone number............
State........
Country...............
Any Of Your Identity Card........

Kindly get back to us by reconfirming your full information.
Thank you, God Bless .

Mr. James Joseph Jr
Bank Branch Manager
Email: b.west60@aol.com
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This email and any other accompanying document(s) contain information from Kent Police and/or Essex Police, which is confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the exclusive use of the individual(s) or bodies to whom it is addressed. The content, including any subsequent replies, could be disclosable if relating to a criminal investigation or civil proceedings. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by contacting the sender or telephoning Kent Police on 01622 690690 or Essex Police on 01245 491491, as appropriate. For further information regarding Kent Police’s or Essex Police’s use of personal data please go to https://www.kent.police.uk/hyg/privacy/ or https://www.essex.police.uk/hyg/privacy/. Additionally for our Terms and Conditions please go to https://www.kent.police.uk/hyg/terms-conditions/ or https://www.essex.police.uk/hyg/terms-conditions/

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