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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: ZENITH BANK UK LIMITED <mrbarrybrown198@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.zenithbankuklimted@accountant.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:08:46 +0100
Subject: Greeting Beneficiary, Good News


*Zenith Bank UKAddress: 39 Cornhill, London,EC3V 3ND,United KingdomOffice
Of The HeadInternational TransferOperation Zenith Bank(UK) Ltd.Tel :+44 203
389 5674Fax :+44 704 307 1539Greeting Beneficiary,We wish to congratulate
and inform you that after thorough review of your Inheritance/Contract
funds transfer release documents in conjunction with the World Bank Swiss
and the International Remittance Division assessment report, your payment
file was forwarded to us for immediate transfer of a part-payment of £5.8
Million(Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds only} to your
designated bank account from our offshore account.The Auditor's reports
forwarded to this office shows that you may have been going through hard
times by paying alot of money to see to the release and transfer of your
funds, which has been delayed by some impostors and dubious officials.We
therefore advise that you stop further communication with any
correspondence outside this office, since the only thing **require from
you is to obtain **Non-Residential Fund Clearance Document** to receive
your funds as the instruction from the **World Bank, ** and also keep this
development strictly confidential for the security of your funds on the
ground that you have dispatched your details to the impostors and dubious
officials you were formerly dealing with.*

















*This fund was part of the lodged Late President Saddam Hussein of Iraq
discovery fund with World Bank of Switzerland, which the Swiss Bank has
decided to distribute it generously to help few lucky individuals,and the
European Union is in agreement with the Swiss Bank to distribute the fund
to 800 hundred thousand people in America, Europe & Asia and Africa in
other to help improve their businesses.The only thing we require from you
is to obtain the Non-Residential Fund Clearance Document to enable us
credit your account directly by TELEGRAPHIC-WIRE transfer or through any of
our correspondent banks and send copies of the funds transfer release
documents to you and your bankers for confirmation.Should you follow our
directives, your funds will be credited and confirmed in your nominated
bank account within three (3) bank working days from the day you obtain
this Non-Residential Fund Clearance Document.For further details and
assistance on this Remittance Notification, you are kindly advice to
forward the following information:FULL NAME:FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:TELEPHONE
and FAX NUMBERS:Yours sincerely,Mr.Rodney Keith DOwning.From Zenith Bank
Savings (UK) Plc*

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