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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: "Mr. Michael Walsh" <mrmichaelwalshbanker@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:34:49 -0700
Subject: The Urgent Transfer of Your outstanding payment of US$3.8M to your partner:

The Urgent Transfer of Your outstanding payment of US$3.8M to your partner:

Attn: Sir,

This is to bring to your notice that we,the Foreign Payment Department
of the Bank of England, London -United Kingdom wish to inform you that
we received an instruction from the World Bank/International Monetary
Fund Headquarters,USA to effect the remittance of your outstanding
allocated fund of US$3.8M into your account as the bonafide
beneficiary.

However, as we were about to contact you on the transfer of this said
fund into your account,then we received an Affidavit this morning from
Mrs. Lizzy Ronald Skarupa of 222 Meigs Street Sandusky, OH 44870,USA
that we should not transfer this outstanding allocated fund of US$3.8M
to you that you are dead and has authorize her to claim your fund as
your business partner and her authorize us to transfer your said
allocated fund to her below bank account:

Bank Name: Fifth Third Bank
Bank Address: 4000 Milan Ave., Sandusky, Ohio 44870
Bank Account Name: Lizzy Ronald Skarupa
Bank Account Number 7342171423
Bank Routing Number: 041200050
Bank Swift Code: FTBCUS3C
Beneficiary's Address:222 Meigs Street Sandusky, OH 44870,USA

This is why we decided to contact you first to hear from you and also
to know if you are dead as she claims in her Affidavit before we will
honor her Affidavit of transferring your payment to her.

Therefore,if you are not dead and has not authorize to claim your
funds as she said,then upon receipt of this mail,do not fail to call
me immediately on my directly mobile phone number +44-7035-961-425.

Once i hear from you,then i will know that you are alive and then i
shall order for her immediate arrest as a fraudster and then proceed
at once on the release of this fund to you with immediate as the
bonafide beneficiary,but if i did not hear from you,then i will know that
you are dead and i will proceed at once on the transfer of this
allocated fund of US$3.8M to her as your business partner knowing
that you are dead as she claims.

Thanks and i wait your urgent response asap.

God Bless You.

Mr. Michael Walsh.
Director of Foreign Payments
Bank of England,
London -United Kingdom

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