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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: "Dr. Sanjay Gupta." <terry_hedges@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: officefile502@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 08:08:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TRANSFER OF YOUR 500,000GBP FROM RESERVE BANK OF INDIA




RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
CENTRAL REGIONAL OFFICE
SANDSAD MARG; 110001011
NEW DELHI.

OUR REF: CBN/OHG/OXD1/2012.  
TELEX: 09331 CREDIT/RBI

Financial Regulation and Financial
Inclusion – Working Together or at Cross-
purposes:

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS.

Dear Beneficiary,

The transfer department of the Reserve bank of India has decided to bring to your attention, that you were listed as a beneficiary in the recent schedule for payment of outstanding debts incurred by the BRITISH GOVERNMENT from 207 to 2011 According to your file, Your payment is categorized as: contract type/ Lottery/inheritance/unpaid contract funds/ undelivered Lottery fund. Payment file: RBI/id1033/09. Payment amount: 500,000GBP. But recently, on the 05th of Nov, 2011. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Dr D. Subbarao, met with the Senate Tax Committee On Finance RBI Mumbai branch. Regarding
unclaimed funds which have been due for a long run, at end of the meeting (RBI) Governor, Dr D.Subbarao mandate all unclaimed funds to be release back to the beneficiary stating that it’s an unfair practice to withhold funds for government basket for one reason or the other for tax accumulations.

Therefore, we are writing this email to inform you that 500,000GBP {FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS} will be release to you, as it was committed for (RBI) Governor that Beneficiary will have to pay crediting fees only. So you are therefore required to pay 15,500 INR ONLY. To credit your account immediately making a decline for 2 working day after date of receiving this mail. Also reconfirm/provide your bank account details-for crediting. GET BACK TO ME
WITH THE BELLOW DETAILS.

FULL NAME:---------------------------

AGE:------------------------------------

SEX:-------------------------------------

ADDRESS:--------------------------------

ZIP/POSTAL CODE:------------------------

STATE/PROVINCE:------------------------

PHONE:-----------------------------------

OCCUPATION/POSITION:---------------------

BANK DETAILS:------------------------------

Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

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