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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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Fraud email example:

From: justinashley@webmail.co.za
Date: 04 Feb 2015 04:58:07 +1100
Subject: IN YOUR FAVOR

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Attn: Real Owner


We wish you a very Happy New Year 2015. May the New Year be full
of good health, happiness, success and prosperity for you and
your family.

We are investigating a fund remitted from a UK/Africa based bank
to your account, with your names on the original papers we
received from The UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU)
Transaction File #: CTUK/ACN1619-10,Transaction Tracer Reference:
60260791392220,SWIFT VALUE:USD35. 500,000.00 Million.

Further verification confirmed the above @ 9:15:48 AM, Eastern
Standard Time(EST)- 0500 UTC. I am Justin Ashley, Secretary,
Intelligence and Analysis and Subcommittee on Intelligence,
Information Sharing,and Terrorism RiskAssessment on "1&A" re
conceived, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network(FinCEN),United -
Kingdom.

Be informed that we received a SAR (suspicious activity report)
from the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) concerning this
transaction.

The aforementioned sum of money was remitted to a U.S Company
account, with different information in the fund origin papers
that was sent to this department. However,your fund was
transferred to a different CHASE BANK account, this is the reason
the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) sent us a
SAR(suspicious activity report) so that we can further
investigate this transaction from this end before releasing the
fund to the company account at CHASE BANK.

I thus wish to ask if you authorized this change of account. If
yes, kindly send us reply email with your reasons for the change
of account, so as to enable us release the fund to the Chase
account. And if you did not authorize this change, please quickly
respond to this letter, as we must ensure that this fund goes to
the right person, so we need your support to ensure success
during this investigation process. And for safety reasons, you
must seize communication with whom so ever you may be
communicating with about this transaction, because if you have
not authorized this change of account information, then, it is
obvious that someone tried to divert your fund, and if so, the
Chase Bank account holder would be arrested and prosecuted
accordingly.


WARNING: YOU MUST NOT SPEAK OF THIS INVESTIGATION WITH ANYONE
THAT IS INVOLVED WITH YOU IN THIS TRANSACTION, AS NO ONE CAN BE
TRUSTED AT THIS TIME, EVEN YOUR PARTNERS OR WHO SO EVER. THE FUND
IS HERE FLOATING WITHIN THE BANK UNTIL THE FINAL DESTINATION IS
DULY APPROVED.

Your prompt response is highly required.

Yours in service,

Justin Ashley.
Investigations Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
(FinCEN) United -Kingdom
Tel: +447087624521.

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