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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: FROM THE HIGH ESTEEM OFFICE REPUTABL DR HANS WAGNER COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER <euroclearbankconsultant@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 22:15:56 -0700
Subject: Urgent Attention Beneficiary

Financial Consultant To International Monetary Fund [IMF]
In Conjunctions With EuroClear Bank

Dear Humble Beneficiary

I am Dr. Hans Wagner Director Foreign payment and also Financial
Consultant to the EuroClear Bank, Press Relations Corporate
Communications & Investor Relations Manager This is to inform you that
after our final meeting today with The IMF and Committees on foreign
contracts payments in conjunctions with World bank Auditors and EU
officials, which they resolved that you will be among the ten
beneficiaries that will receive there overdue outstanding payment of
$10.5million [ Ten million Five hundred thousand united states
dollars ]only, to your designated bank account without any delay in
this weeks scheduled transfer.

More so, l wants to let you know that there was a power submitted by
Mr Roy klamath for redirecting the payment to another account in
Canada which is The Hong Kong Shanghai Bank [ HSBC BANK] Canada, A/c
No - 6770124366, A/c Name - Mr Ray Klamath. Please reconfirm your bank
details to avoid transferring to the wrong person.

You are required as a matter of urgency to contact this office
immediately upon receipt of this message so that we can do the final
reconciliation and documentation together with vital genuine
certificates covering this payment so that no government authorities
in your country will question these funds.

Please stop further communications with those imposters and fraudulent
officials who have been deceiving you in the past thereby extorting
money from you without completing the process of this transfer.

NOTE - IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM YOU, WE SHALL AFFECT TRANSFER TO MR RAY
KLAMATH AS THE BENEFICIARY.

Awaiting your reply

Yours Faithfully

Dr. Hans Wagner

DIRECTOR FOREIGN PAYMENTS

Confidential Email - euroclearbankconsultant@gmail.com

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