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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: "AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <directorofinterremit_jcanyanwu_00257001@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:31:44 +0100
Subject: DID YOU AUTHORIZE MR. GARRY FAULKNER??

Attention:

Consequent upon the Letter of Authority received from one Mr. Garry Faulkner, I write to make the following confirmation:

1.Did you at any time transfer your right of ownership to the aforementioned Mr. Garry Faulkner to claim and receive the payment on your behalf?

His claim was backed with a "deed of agreement? in his favor, thereby indicating the fund destination to the following:

Account name: Mr. Garry Faulkner,
Account No: 202-0000-60233
Bank name: ANZ BANK,
3200 Basel , Switzerland ,
Swift Code: ANZPUS3XXS.

Are you aware of this? You are required as a matter of urgency to confirm the legitimacy of the above claim and the reason for such change. In the event that you did not authorize such claim, Please confirm to me immediately by way of application for payment stating your authentic account details and amount for the authentication and normalization.


Yours sincerely,

John C. Anyanwu.

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