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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: Capital One Bank <nasirusanidms@gmail.com>
Reply-To: online22209@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 12:52:52 +0100
Subject: YOUR INTEREST FUND PAYMENT

Capital One Bank
Address: 299 Park Ave, New York, NY 10171, United States
Website: https://www.capitalone.com/
Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)
Saturday and Sunday
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)

Greetings from Capital One Bank.

This is to officially bring to your notice that the total sum of
US$975,000 (Nine Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand United States
Dollars) has accrued as interest on your total entitlement Funds that
was deposited with Capital One Bank by the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) before the principal sum was withdrawn by the order of the
United Nation.

It may interest you to know that arrangement has been made to make the
fund available to you via bank to bank wire transfer or ATM Card so
that you can easily receive the total amount valued above without any
delay or going through any form of cheating or difficulties.

You are hereby advised as a matter of urgency to respond to this
message by contacting our branch manager on the email address below
for further advise on the way forward.

Richard R Casias
edisonlubowlju96@gmail.com

Equally, note you are required to forward your current residential
address, first and second page of your international passport or
driver’s license for identification including your direct cell phone
number for easy communication.

We would appreciate your urgent response concerning the aforementioned
interest fund, to enable us get this completed as soon as possible .

Yours truly.

Ms.ANNA WILSON
Secretary
Foreign Remittance Department
Capital One Bank United State of America (USA)

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