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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: "Mr.RICKY JOHNSON" <official.johngoodman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:31:08 +0100
Subject: CALL ME

PLEASE ARE YOU DEAD OR A LIVE

I am Mr.RICKY JOHNSON, the director debt reconciliation committee all
over the world under the UN in USA.

The signal / alert from our central system computer data base, we
found out you have an unpaid U.N Compensation Fund of $10.3 Million
Dollars and report reaching me from our regional office in Istanbul
Turkey is saying that one Mr. Imtiaz Kamal from Saudi Arabia that you
are dead.

According to him, that you died in a plane crash as such your fund
should be paid to him as the apparent heir and asking for a change of
ownership of your fund in his name that you are dead it is true or
not?

He claimed that because you were his relation, that you told him about
the fund before you died. And since you are dead, that we should
release the fund to him.

Further, he urged us to hasten up and do everything humanly possible
to see that he receives this money before the banks will start their
yearly, annual auditing for the fiscal year, he provided his bank
information which he asked us to transfer this fund into the below
account details.

BANK NAME AND ADDRESS: AL-RAJHI
BANK - JEDDAH (AL-SAMER BRANCH # 46300)
ACCOUNT NAME: IMTIAZ KAMAL
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 5635508010125505
BENEFICIARY: IMTIAZ KAMAL
SWIFT CODE: NO NEED
IBAN NUMBER: SA668000046360801012150

Finally, please contact us soon if you are still a live okay, before
your fund will be transferred into his bank account. Please reply me
through this my private


Best regards.

Mr.RICKY JOHNSON
director debt
reconciliation committee

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