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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: "Rev. James Chioma" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jameschioma@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:36:12 -0700
Subject: bona-fide beneficiary of this inheritance fund

Rev. James Chioma
Director, Key Tested & Wire Transfer Dept.

Attention:Sir,

IMMEDIATE KTT WIRE OF YOUR FUND

(REF:NOK/1456/XX04/10)

I am delighted to contact you on a private note based on they claim to your inheritance fund, which has been programmed for transfer into your designated bank account through my department. I hereby apologize to you for the delay in releasing this transfer fund into your account.

We write to inform you regarding your inheritance fund amounting to $7.5m (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars) in our institution: Strategic Securities & Finance , which your attorney mandated us with your authority to release to you via diplomatic courier in Holland. The fund was finally recalled back from the diplomats to our coffers because of fraudulent activities and problems created by them in their bid to deliver to you. We have now resorted to effect remittance of this fund to your designated bank account via KTT telegraphic wire transfer to hit your bank account within 7 bank working days.


But the most conflicting issue is that your attorney has now forwarded us with the following account details in US rather than an account in your name.


The account he sent to us is as follows:
Bank Name: Bank OF America
Address: Cherry Hill Banking Center ,22 W. Marlton Pike Cherry Hill , NJ 08002
Account Name: QNETIQ Asset Management Inc
Account Number: 229021817561
ABA Number: 063000047
Wire Transfer Number: 026009593
SWIFT Number: BOFAUS3N

Could I please ask you to confirm if you are aware of this so that we will not wire to a wrong account.

I await your swift reply.

Sincerely,

James Chioma

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