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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: "Graham McMillan" <mmlagasio@alice.it>
Date:
Subject:

JP MORGAN CHASE BANKJP MORGAN CHASE BANK
128 Brighton Beach Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206-2098
Our Ref: CHSX00-ODCS/020/2022
Your Ref

Dear Sir/Madam,

Please be informed that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) United States, has directed JP Morgan Chase Bank to process your Electronic payment file for urgent remittance of your unpaid funds, Please be informed that One of the reasons your payment was delayed this long is because of counter-claim, this necessitated perusal of
documents relating to your approved fund.

However, lots happened while the syndicates were trying to fraudulently secure approvals to claim your f u n d but thanks to the security watch-dog in the financial sector that foil all negative plans to divert your money to a private bank account situated in Mexico. In view of this, I wish to formally notify you that your electronic payment diskette valued USD79.6m was officially transferred to JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York, following an instruction to process this approved fund for clearance and remit same onto any designated bank account of your choice. Sequel to this development Chase Bank have taking a standard measure to make this transaction happen through Online Banking which means you will have an Online Account with us and this will enable you to transfer your fund through Chase Bank Online Platform, this process will not take more than 3 banking d a y s and it will enable you gain access to your f u n d without h i t c h.

Upon receipt of this message, we would like you to reconfirm the following details for easy proceeding;

1) Full Name: =====================
2 Copy of your Valid I.D:==================
3) Personal Phone/Mobile no:==========
4) Residential Address:==============
9) D a t e of Birth=================

Thank you,

Graham McMillan

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