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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: Santander Bank USA <pastorphiliprichard@gmail.com>
Reply-To: santanderbank396@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:20:40 -0700
Subject: Urgent contact on whats App below:,+1(413)344-0177 and reply our bank
email below(santanderbank396@gmail.com)

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ATTENTION, EMAIL OWNER/FUND BENEFICIARY

THIS IS FROM THE USA BANK OF SANTANDER , I BELEIVED THAT YOU GOT OUR
PREVIOUS MAILS REGARDING YOUR COMPENSATION FUND FROM THE BENIN
REPUBLIC IN AFRICA AMOUNTED AT $3.500.000.00 USD WHICH WAS DEPOSITED
AS YOUR WINING SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND DUE TO YOUR EMAIL
INCLUDING YOUR DETAILS APPEARED IN THE SCAM VICTIM LIST. I HOPE YOU
GOT OUR PREVIOUS EMAILS AND YOU REFUSED TO SEND THE ACTIVATION FEE $50
TO RE-ACTIVATE YOUR PAYMENT FILES AND TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOU AND
YOU REFUSED TO PAY IT ?

AFTER OUR FINALLY MEETING TODAY WITH THE BENIN REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT WE
AGREED TO LOAN YOUR FUNDS COMPENSATION TO THE USA GOVERNMENT FOR THEM
TO PAY BACK AFTER 10 YEARS AGREEMENT. BUT WE FINALLY GIVE YOU 24 HOURS
TO SEND THE ACTIVATION FEE $50 OTHERWISE YOUR FUNDS WILL BE LOAN.
WE HAVE 3 OPTION TO SEND THIS FUNDS TO YOU NOW AFTER YOU SEND THE $50
FOR THE ACTIVATION WHICH BE THROUGH BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER WITHIN
24 HOURS TO ENTER YOUR ACCOUNT AND THE SECOND IS BY SENDING TO YOU
THROUGH BITCOINS AND FINALLY IS BY PRELOADING THE FUNDS INTO ATM CARD
AND SHIP IT TO YOU.

NOTE: ALL THIS OPTIONS WILL COST YOU $50 FOR THE ACTIVATION ONCE YOU
CHOOSE YOUR CHOICE AND REMEMBER TO SEND THE ACTIVATION IMMEDIATELY
AFTER YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL AND BEAR IT IN MIND THAT ARE GIVEN THE
ADVISED TO SEND ONLY ITUNE CARD OR STEAM WALLET CARD BY VALUE $50
ONLY.

REPLY EMAIL:(santanderbank396@gmail.com) AND REMEMBER TO CONTACT US ON
THE WHATSAPP FOR URGENT REPLY NOW.

SANTANDER BANK MANAGER
SANDRA JEAN WRIGHT

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