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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: "Jonathan Imotan" <joeimotan@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jonathanimotan88@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:01:14 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: CONFIRMATION NEEDED WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS.

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS HAS BEEN
GAZETTE TO BE RELEASED, VIA KEY TELEX TRANSFER (KTT ) -DIRECT WIRE
TRANSFER TO YOU THROUGH OUR LONDON OFFICE BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR
FOREIGN OVER DUE FUND TRANSFER. MEANWHILE, WE RECEIVED A FORWARDED LETTER
FROM YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON WHERE TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS AS STATED BELOW.

NAME THOMAS JAMES RODGES
BANK NAME: CITI ACCOUNT
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 0009-622856-01
ROUTING CODE 817294715

PLEASE, DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE ,AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS IS
WHERE YOU WANT US TO EFFECT THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUNDS SO THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT
NAME.

IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN ACCOUNT, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL AND SEND THIS
INFORMATION BELOW FOR VERIFICATIONS PURPOSES.

WITH AN INSTRUCTION RECEIVED AND FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, IT HAS RESOLVED
THAT YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE MADE THROUGH SWIFT PAYMENT SYSTEM (ATM DEBIT OR
MASTER CARD) WHICH WILL BE SEND TO YOUR DESIGNATED ADDRESS AS FORWARDED.
LET US KNOW WHICH METHOD WILL BE SUITABLE FOR YOU IN REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.

1. FULL NAME:
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
3. AGE:
4. OCCUPATION:
5. DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
6. YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHERE THE FUNDS WILL BE CREDITED INTO IF YOU
WANT IT THROUGH WIRE TRANSFER BUT IF THROUGH ATM PAYMENT, DO SPECIFY.

AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THIS, WE WILL COMMENCE WITH ALL NECESSARY PROCEDURES
IN OTHER TO REMIT THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS.

WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THE DELAY IN TRANSFERRING OF THIS FUND
MUST HAVE CAUSE YOU.

BEST REGARDS,

MR. JONATHAN IMOTAN
Reply to (jonathanimotan8@yahoo.com.hk) for immediate attention take note.



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