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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: powerball
Reply-To: <indiansdormataccounts@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:11:52 +0530
Subject: RE:IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER (INDIANS INOPERATIVE ACCOUNTS)

ACCOUNTS AND AUDITS DEPARTMENT
BANK OF ENGLAND
THREADNEEDLE STREET, EC2R 8AH
LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

Attention: Chosen One;

This information is brought to you by The Bank of England [BoE], in conjunction with The Global Union of Banks and The Financial Service Authority [FSA] - United Kingdom.

Firstly, we apologize in advance if this information reaches you by surprise and we also apologize if this medium of communication [E-mail] is not acceptable to you but it is our only secured means and our best shot in order to communicate with you and others without any outside interruptions for now.

Secondly, do not be alarmed or be put under any pressure by this information, you are only one out of one hundred persons in India selected to be contacted in a country of close to two billion persons and you can accept or decline based on your state of mind. All funds will be credited and release through our prestigious International Master/Visa ATM Cards.

This is to notify you and a few chosen persons in India, of the existence of some dormant accounts (Eight) stuffed with huge funds belonging to Indians but have not been claimed yet and there have not been any communications between the account holders and The Bank of England for the past Thirty Months as revealed by The Financial Service Authority.

The Global Union of Banks have sanctioned these funds to be released to the beneficiaries or the Indian government or interested Indians provided it is used for a good cause and for benefit of your compatriots in service and otherwise but your governmental agencies have exhibited great selfishness by trying to claim the funds for personal usage and purposes.

For more information, procedure and guideline, write an E-mail to us only via our official E-mail Address: indiansdormataccounts@yandex.com
Use only this provided E-mail ID to reach us for security and confidentiality reasons, for yours and ours good and safety of the accounts and the funds. Do not reply this E-mail but sent us your Reply/E-mail only to “indiansdormataccounts@yandex.com”

REGARDS,

DIR. ACC. AUDIT
BANK OF ENGLAND

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