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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: Commercial Bank New York <commerciallbncn@gmail.com>
Reply-To: commeciallbbk@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 17:04:37 +0100
Subject: APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE OF BANK ACCOUNT PARTICULARS:

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Dear Beneficiary,

REF: APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE OF BANK ACCOUNT PARTICULARS:

We write to confirm the receipt of your application letter for a
change of bank account in respect of your fund payment which has been
programmed to be paid to you from Commercial Bank of New York.

Please  note that the payment process of your fund deposited with
Commercial Bank of New York here has been finally approved, it is
important you reconfirm your banking details to avoid making a wrong
transfer into a wrong bank account, please note that the approval have
been with us for the past three weeks waiting to hear from you.

This letter will serve as the final notice as we will make use of the
new bank particulars as provided below for the final transfer of your
funds. The Telex wire confirmation has been gotten as well, it is
important you re-confirm your bank particulars for the final transfer
as Commercial Bank of New York will not be held responsible if you
failure to respond to this mail.

Please see below your new bank account that is in your letter of
application for a change of banking particulars submitted on your
behalf by one BETTY VALENCIA, with full sworn affidavit of change of
bank account duly signed by you.

THE INFORMATION'S IS STATED BELLOW:
Charter One Bank,
1 Citizens Dr.,Riverside, RI 02915 Â USA
Savings Account Number 454492 1083
Swift Code CTZIUS33
Routing Number 241070 417
Account Name: Betty Valencia

If the above bank information's is not your real bank particulars,
reconfirm to us your receiving bank details via this email for our
urgent follow up.

We look forward to hear from you.

Yours in service.

Ms Bestie Joe
Branch Manager
Commercial Bank of New York
Direct Line +1 928 265 5459

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