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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: Citibank <citibank.nigeria@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 23:43:59 +0200
Subject: Attn: From Citibank




--
Dear beneficiary,

I know you will be surprise to read my email we got your contact from your
Country email domain Directory, apart from being surprise you may be
skeptical to reply back to us because based on what is going on in the
internet world one has to be very careful because a lot of scammers are out
there to scam innocent citizens and this has made it very difficult for
people to believe anything that comes through the internet but this is a
different case.

I am Mr. Williams Clark Rodger, am the Managing director of Citibank to Mr.
Kurt Kahle a German who owned a private business school and also a German
property magnate who died in AF4590 crash since 2000 along side he
deposited the sum of (£8.9million pounds) with his entire family (with his
37-year-old wife and son Michael).
Please See this site yourself for AF4590 crash before we proceed further,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Meanwhile, we confirmed receipt of the fund transfer advice of (£8.9million
pounds) from Citibank on the 1st of October, 2014 with local
swiftAcks-314D02826300-789700142, 11:26:21 GMT +1000 to carry out a direct
swift transfer of the entire contract / Inheritance sum in your favorable
bank account. You are advise to re-confirm your bank details to us such as:

Your Full Name..........................
Your Account Number.......................
Your Bank Name.........................
Occupation..............................
Country..................................
Scan copy of your I.D Card...........................
Age/Sex..........................
Mobile Tel...................
e-mail us at: (citibank.nigeria@yandex.com)
Upon the receipt of this requested information we will send you a payment
confirmation slip.

Your new Payment Reference No.FERES9ASWIFT/Gbps, Allocation No: 67487632,
Transferring Password No: 33988331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate
of Merit Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex
confirmation No: 44133 CITIBANK; Secret Code No: XXTN04413. Having received
these secret/vital payment information numbers, you are now qualified to
receive your funds within 24hrs if your Bank information is provided for us
to proceed.

Note that this message is urgent and should be treated on dispatch because
of the valid date on the transfer instruction.

God bless you.

Best regards,
Mr. William Clark Rodger
Managing Director of Citibank Nigeria.
Tel: +2349095642625



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