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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "US BANK®" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <usbnkcustomerscare@dgoh.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:05:43 +0200
Subject: REF: US-BANK/908308/2013 PAYMENT INSTRUCTION.
U.S.Bank®
1025 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 510
Washington
Attention: Good Day.
This message is to inform you that the U.S Government has instructed us to
remit the sum of $2. Million US dollar into your account, the reason for this
is because your name was among the scam victims that lost a lot of money to
African and European Fraudsters, you are hereby advised to without delay stop
all you have going on between you and anybody on INTERNET because you will
end up at nothing, hence, it was concluded that your FUNDS has to be remitted
to you in two manners, as the one that best suites you, the 2 options are:
1. BANK TO BANK SWIFT TELEGRAPHIC WIRE TRANSFER.
2. BY ATM CARD PAYMENT
We are waiting your immediate response with your information's and payment option to enable this bank proceeds immediately with the transfer of your fund and serve you better Details required are:
Your Full Name:
Your Full Home Address:
Valid Phone Number:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation:
Valid ID Attached:
Do not send money up front fee to anyone from Europe or African again for
what so ever reason. The US bank will immediately remit your account once I
reconfirm your banking details.
Congratulations.
Mr. Rick Ruzzi
Executive Region Manager
USBANK.
WARNING
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You are to keep the details all of your information confidential and avoid informing anyone of it until we have successfully moved the fund to your location. This is accordance with our security measure to avoid miss-claim and prevent impostor/fraud.
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