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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: CAIXABANK <vj4606165@gmail.com>
Reply-To: caixabank224@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 00:05:37 +0100
Subject: Hello

--

You have been listed as one of the lucky recipients to receive eight
hundred, fifty thousand US dollars ($ 850,000,00) launched by the
United Nations.

Foreign remittance department organizations in the US have been
authorized by the UN to release this fund to all lucky recipients
across the globe.

The payment will be issued into an ATM visa card and sent to all
listed lucky beneficiaries via caixabank in Spain through a diplomatic
courier service company close to the beneficiary country.

This is the required information caixabank management needs from the
beneficiary.

1. Your full name:
2. Home address:
3. City:
4. Country:
5. Sex:
6. Passport / ID card/ Drivers licence
7.Phone number:

Contact our email id: ( caixabank224@gmail.com ) for your payment

Sign by

Caixabank management board of directors.

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