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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: "New Director Foreign Remittance" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <skyeplcfiles@admin.in.th>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:26:22 -0800
Subject: Re: OFFICE OF DIRECTOR FOREIGN REMITTANCE?

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
SKYE BANK PLC.
OFFICE OF DIRECTOR FOREIGN REMITTANCE
GARKI ABUJA.NIGERIA


Our Ref: FGN/CFCR/CBN/SH-VOL.01/2014


Attention: Beneficiary


We received instruction few days from our directory head office, Central Bank
of Nigeria. Your payment release order awarded from your e-mail award contract
payment to transfer the sum of US$5million into your account as
instructed. Which we are on the process to open an online transfer account
on your name and forward to you the account information so that you can
transfer your fund into your operational bank account in your country by
your self, to avoid any problem. But we are surprise this morning when we
are about to open your online banking account and we received another email
from Ms.Jennifer Bankks whom claim to be your representative and she made
to our understanding that you are dead, you instructed her to claim your
fund with the forwarded account information to us to transfer the fund
into her account. Now there comes a big question are you truly dead? And did
you instruct her on your behalf to claim your fund as your representative.
Below is the account inform

BANK OF AMERICA
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, USA
MS. JENNIFER BANKKS
ACCOUNT# 003767127294
ROUTING # 063100277
65 JABOTINSKY ST#2
RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL 54224

Please, do re-confirm to us as a matter of urgency if this lady is from
you and has your authority to receive your fund. If this lady is not your
representative, you are hereby requested to get back to us soon as you
receive this message for our verification/transfer purpose, so that your
fund value of US$10million will be paid to you through our transfer online
banking method to your operational bank account without waste of time.

However, we shall proceed to issue all payment details to the said
Ms.Jennifer Bankks, if we do not hear from you within the next seven
working days from today, we will process and release the fund into
Ms.Jennifer Bankks account. As a matter of the urgency re-confirm your
receipt of this mail without delay.....

Best regards,


Mrs. Donald Collins.
New Director Foreign Remittance.

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