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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: "FEDERAL RESERVE BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsgracemabel@skymail.mn>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:09:09 +0100
Subject: FUND TRANSFER

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
PAYMENT SYSTEM
INTERIM.
 
 
Economists in the Financial Intermediation Function conduct research and policy-oriented analysis on a wide range of issues relating to financial intermediation and financial markets, including the behavior and health of financial institutions, innovations in financial markets, and the development of appropriate supervisory tools and techniques so our bank are going to transfer your Fund to you via KTT WIRE TRANSFER Kindly get back to us with your full banking information.
 
 
YOUR FULL NAMES:........................................
YOUR MEDIAN NAMES:..................................
YOUR NEXT OF KIN:.............................
YOUR DATE OF BIRTH:...................................
YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBER:....................
YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER:.....................
YOUR OFFICE PHONE NUMBER:.....................
YOUR FAX NUMBERS:................................
YOUR OCCUPATION:............................
 
BEST REGARDS
 
DR MRS GRACE MABEL
 

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