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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: Craig Ralph <craigralph432@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:40:18 +0000
Subject: Re: REGARDS

International Commercial Bank LTD
Makola Shopping Mall
Accra-Ghana
memoinfo613@gmail.com
Tel: (233) 277108768
From The Desk Of:
Dr. Richard M.Kutti
(Director Treasury Bills)

Dear Sir,

I am Dr.Richard M.Kutti from International Commercial Bank. We had
just formed a new forum which is the newly inaugurated World Debt
Recovery committee (WDRC). My committee has a mandate to recover
unpaid debts associated with NNPC contracts/ Lottery inheritance fund,
loans and grants etc ranging from $1M-$95.5M owed to various
beneficiaries and companies across the globe (Asia, Europe, USA,
Africa, and Australia) and submit the list of the unpaid
beneficiaries/companies to the 2 appointed official paying Banks for
immediate payment of the Fund.In the course of our investigation, your
email address/particulars were shortlisted among the first fifteen
individuals yet to be paid hence this email. However, we received a
petition today from one Mrs. Christina Morgan that you are dead.

According to her, you died in corona virus , as such your fund should
be paid to her as the apparent heir. She has also submitted her Bank
account with Bank of America for the transfer of the fund to her. To
avoid undue delay or paying the fund to wrong individual/beneficiary,
we have decided to contact you for confirmation. If we fail to hear
from you after 72 hours, it will be assumed that the petition of Mrs.
Morgan is true and the fund will be paid to her without further delay.

Therefore, we would like you to choose below your choice of fund transfer:

(A) Bank Transfer/Online Banking
(B) ATM Card
(C) Consignment

Your full personal information is also required as below which will be
needed for the transfer of your fund.

(A) Full name and residential address
(B) Next of kin
(C) Occupation
(D) Nationality
(E) Bank Account Information
(F) Telephone numbers
(G) Scan the first page of your international passport or drivers
Licenses, recent passport photograph, send all via email attachment.
Your urgent response is always required because you have a limited
time to execute this fund.

Sincerely Yours
Dr.Richard M.Kutti

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