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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: morenostar34@yahoo.com
Reply-To: alexwu8971@outlook.com
Date: 28 Apr 2023 13:30:19 +0300
Subject: Re: Deposit of Ten Million US Dollars Only (USD$10,000,000)

Reply-To: alexwu8971@outlook.com

 China CiTic Bank
 Fund portfolio dept,
 Asia Pacific.
 Ref: Remittance of (USD$10,000,000)

   Attention:

   We received instruction from our correspondence bank to transfer the sum
 of $10 million into your account which we are in the process to open an
 online banking account in your name and forward to you the account
 information so that you can transfer your fund into your regular account
 in your country by your self to avoid any problems.

   Surprisingly this morning, when we were about to communicate and proceed
 on how to reach you, Mrs. Jessica Richard who claimed to be your
 representative just forwarded to us the following account details  to
 transfer the fund into her personal bank account.

 The account details which she forwarded to us is as follows.

Account Holder: Jessica Richard
Account#: 7407283200
Routing#: 011000015
Bank Name: Bank Of America
Amount: US10,000,000

 Please, Do reconfirm to us as a matter of urgency if this lady is from you.
But if this lady is not from you, then you are required to fill and send this information for
 verification purpose so that your fund value of $10 million will be released and paid to you officially and accordingly.

Please Fill:

 1. Full Name:
 2. Male/Female:
 3. Age:
 4. Occupation/Job
 5. Nationality:
 6. Country You Now Live:
 7. Mobile Number:

Send all information to the bank correspondence email: alexwu8971@outlook.com

 HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO TRANSFER ALL FUND PAYMENT TO THE SAID REPRESENTATIVE IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS OF THIS NOTIFICATION.

 Please confirm your receipt of this mail without delay.....

Yours Faithfully,
 Ms. Alex Wu
Foreign Operations Secetary.

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