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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: "Los Angeles Federal Credit Union" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chuckrubin11@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:01:51 +0700
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU)
Address: 201 N. Los Angeles Street, Space #201
Los Angeles, CA USA
 
 
ATTENTION,
   
We the Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU) use this media to let you know that your inheritance/contract fund payment of $10 Million United State Dollars is here in Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU) to be transfer to you right away, after we receive an instruction from America Government to release your fund payment without any delay to avoid you be scam which the America Government don’t want you to be scam again by Nigeria People rather they want you to receive your fund payment here in Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU) as soon as possible to enable you be free from scam.
 
Meanwhile, after this resent approval of your contract/inheritance fund payment of $10Million to be released to you by wire transfer from our bank, Mr. Hancock from Washington DC contacted our bank requesting for the release of your funds in his name as your next-of-kin/beneficiary hence you are proclaimed dead. And the below are his bank account details he provided, urging our bank to transfer your fund payment into his account immediately before it is too late:
 
His Bank Account Details:
Bank name: Bank of America
Account No.: 9085686846
Routing No.: 54664564
 
Please, if you are not dead as this man falsely said, kindly provide in the below order, the required from you to enable us update your payment documents so that the transfer to you would take place immediately or you call us now by press extension 1 for my department so that you will talk to me regarding to your fund.
 
Full names:
House address:
Occupation:
Phone/fax:
Age/sex:
Bank information where you will have your fund payment
 
Your file shall be updated and your payment will be completed as soon as you confirm the above required details, and i shall be expecting to hear from you before we can paid you as the beneficiary of fund payment which your fund payment is ready here in our bank Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU).
 
Your faithfully
 
Mr. Chuck Rubin
www.lafcu.org
Board Vice Chairperson,
Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU)

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