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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: "Nancy McDonnell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <executivevpresident@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:18:21 -0700
Subject: Re: Very urgent / Confidential Update

Texas Capital Bank
Corporate Headquarters
2000 McKinney Avenue, Suite 700
Dallas, Texas 75201
From: Nancy McDonnell
Head of Treasury Solutions


Be informed of the arrival and availability of your long-awaited compensation payment amount of $2,900,000 as soon as it is received. This occurred on May 24, 2022, through the great effort of the USA Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). But our bank's board of directors refused to get you informed for reasons best known to them, which I believe must be selfish interest. Just yesterday, I confirmed my curiosity when I overheard our President and Chief Executive Officer (Mr. Rob C. Holmes), discussing with our Chief Financial Officer (Matt Scurlock), Chief Risk Officer (Tim Storms), and Director of Internal Audit ( Ms.Shannon Woods), I was so shocked when I heard these personalities making evil agreement on how to divert and steal your funds without your notice. I have been restless since then and decided to reveal the secret to you. Please keep this information away from your friends and relatives until we have finally confirmed your funds are in your possessio!
n.

Don’t worry; there is a way I can assist you in getting your funds without further delay. This is the most simple, fast, and reliable means of payment you can ever think of. Though it is very risky on my side considering the caliber of people involved, I have to take it if only you will promise to keep your mouth shut and follow my instructions perfectly well without any hesitation. I previously helped a woman from Mexico, Sylvia Guerra, through this means, and her transaction was very successful.

I have discussed this with our Fedwire Services director, and he agreed to work with me. Bear in mind that you will confirm your $2.9 million in your account within 72 banking hours from now provided you adhere to my instructions.

If you want me to go ahead, let me know as soon as you get this mail. Once the transfer is made and your funds are confirmed in your account, I will retrieve all your transfer documents from our central computer database and trash them to avoid any trace.

Get back to me as soon as you get this mail for more details.

I look forward to your response.

Best Regards,

Nancy McDonnell
Head of Treasury Solutions
Texas Capital Bank.

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