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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: Cross Keys Bank <bukarmalagoni@gmail.com>
Reply-To: crosskeysbank34@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 04:36:38 -0700
Subject: $3.5 Millions USD Payment notification from Cross Keys Bank USA (RKBu).

Cross Keys Bank USA.
Contact Person: Mr.Michael R.Vizard,
Email::crosskeysbank34@gmail.com
Address: 307 Plank Rd. Saint Joseph,
Louisiana 71366 United States of America

$3.5 Millions USD Payment notification from Cross Keys Bank USA (RKBu).

Dear Email Owner,

We the Cross Keys Bank Louisiana USA are to Notify you about the
latest development concerning your payment that are left in our
custody, Besides, You are given a bill of Sum in order to receive your
payment US $3.500,000.00 USD which we didn’t hear from you for
sometime now. Hence, We are now offering a Special BONUS to help all
our customers that are having their payment in our custody due to high
prices. In other words we are now requesting that you should pay only
the sum of $25 to receive funds payment abandoned in our custody by
online Transfer or ATM Card if you wish so.

Therefore you are requested to send the fee $25 only by ITunes Card or
eBay gift card or Steam wallet card is also ACCEPTED because it
can be redeemed to cash all we need is a picture of the card.

I will be forwarding to you the account logging details to enable you
access your funds online and proceed on transfer to your designated
bank account in any part of the world or Tracking Number Of Your ATM
Card Delivery to enable you Monitor the delivery of your ATM without
any further delay as soon as you update us with the copy of the cards
of the required fee $25 to take note.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve your banking needs.


Mr.Michael R.Vizard,
Chair Of the Cross Keys Bank USA.
Co-chief Operating Officer,
E-mail::(crosskeysbank34@gmail.com
Cross Keys Bank®
Corporate Office, NY
Federal Cross Keys Bank USA, N.A. Member FDIC

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