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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Commercial Bank <cbank8822@gmail.com>
Reply-To: charlesjamescb21@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:33:18 +0000
Subject: Good news

WELCOME TO THE COMMERCIAL BANK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Office: 320 Avenue Park New York, NY 10022 United States Of America.
Email : charlesjamescb21@gmailcom
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Ref/212NYL-US
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Hours: Open 24 Hours

FOR YOUR INFORMATION: BENEFICIARY

After today's board meeting of the management of this bank, Ministry
of Finance, Internal Revenue Service of the United States (IRS), The
Reserve Bank and the World Bank Directorate it was gathered that your
overdue compensation fund worth US$7.1 million has been deposited
with this bank for onward payment/ transfer to your designated /choose
bank account. the reason for this is because your name was among the
scam victims that lost a lot of money to African and European
Fraudsters, you are hereby advised to without delay stop all contact
going on between you and anybody on internet because you will end up
at nothing.

RE-CONFIRM YOUR BELOW DETAILS.

Your Full Name__________________________
Your Residential Address________________
Your Sex/ Age___________________________
Telephone/Fax___________________________
Next of Kin_____________________________

The Commercial Bank will immediately remit your account once you
reconfirm your banking details.
.

We are looking forward to hear from you.

Thank you for choosing Commercial Bank.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr.Charles James

Executive Region Manager
New York.

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