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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: CITI BANK <sannikhadijat044@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjasminep@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 05:08:15 -0700
Subject: Mr. Sunil Garg

CITI BANK OF NEW-YORK Corporate Office
Headquarters Citibank Address: 120 West
Broadway new york street NY 10013
Our Ref:CBD/IRU/SFE/15.5/WD/011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time(EDT) Friday and Saturday
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Attn

It's a great news to inform you that your total fund worth
$4.500,000.00 (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) has been
programmed in our system the way it will be transfer into your bank
account also, your Inheritance fund has being approved and cleared
from European union Dept ( EU) with the Central Intelligence Agency
(C.I.A), Office, and other offices which allow the management of this
Bank remittance department to credited fund into beneficiary's Bank
Account whose name is listed in the compensation payment file.

Your fund is at the verge of transfer but before we carry out the
transfer of the fund to your bank account, the Management and the
Board of Directors of the bank made it mandatory that you will have to
bring your full details your name and address and telephone numbers

Furthermore, be informed that this fund will only take 5 hours to drop
into your Bank Account as soon as everything is settled, Also note
that as soon as we make the transfer, we will send you the 14 digit
Code with a transfer slip which you must use to confirm your fund in
your account within 5 hours.

Thank you for your understanding and your immediate response is highly
needed to enable us proceed on your transfer once you send the
required fee

Signed,
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Sunil Garg
Chief Financial Officer citibank,
mrjasminep@gmail.com

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