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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: "ROYAL BANK CANADA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kathykathrine4@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 05:15:07 -0000
Subject: THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR FUNDS !!!

Attention Beneficiary,

Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who
are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling,Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monetary Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Suvo Sarka, Mr. António Guterres of the United Nations, Abdulfattah Sharaf of HSBC, Ben of
FedEx, Amazon and some impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet
Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with anyone not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling $2,900,000.00(Two Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars).will be released. To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center
via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $310 Usd only for the delivery fee That has to be sorted for. Meanwhile, a woman came to my office this morning with an application for transfer of the fund into her account on your behalf, claiming to be your representative.

Here is the information she submitted for the transfer of your fund to
her bank account;.
Name MRS. DORIS MORISON.

Bank name: WACHOVIA BANK, New-York.

Account number: 6503809428.

Please, do re-confirm to this office as a matter of urgency if this woman is truly from you as this office will not be held

responsible for paying your fund into the wrong account. Your ATM MASTER CARD
will be deliver to your address through

courier delivery services within 24 hours.

BELOW ARE YOUR ATM CARD DATA :

AMOUNT CREDIT : USD$5.900.000.00 MILLION
YOUR ATM CARD ACCOUNT # : 4848422799442698
CARD LIMIT PER A DAY : USD$10,000
EXPIRING DATE : 28/04/2025


Mr.Williams Richard (ATM Card Center Director) ATM Card Center Director Mr.Williams Richard
Email: wr0724497@gmail.com

Do contact Mr.Williams Richard of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________

AfterWhich the delivery of your ATM card will be sent to your designated
home address without any further delay.
Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to
be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advised only to be in contact with Mr Williams Richard of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime.


ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

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