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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: "Royal Bank of Canada" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infofundrecoverydept@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 06:35:15 -0600
Subject: Payment notification from Royal Bank Of Canada

(RBC) Royal Bank Of Canada.
1122 International Blvd. Burlington,
Ontario L7L 6Z8 Canada.

Dear Beneficiary,


The Board of Trustees and Management of (RBC) Royal Bank Of Canada wish to
officially inform you today that your outstanding Inheritance fund valued at
the total sum of US$21,400,000,00 (Twenty One Million Four Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) which was deposited with our bank here in Canada to
your name many years ago has been legally approved and Authorized by the
European Union committee on Foreign Payment Resolution, following with the
payment release letter we received from the Canadian Finance Ministry and
Canadian Ambassador to U.S, for onward transfer, therefore, an instruction
to credit your fund have been given to this Bank by the (FRB) Federal
Reserve Bank Of Scotland for immediate release of your fund to your bank
account.


Be informed that your fund transfer notification letter has been forwarded
to the Central Bank Of Canada and to the General Director Of (I.M.F)
International Monitoring Fund Office in America for final approval, and this
is because to transfer such huge amount of money we really have to notify
every offices that is concern in any International fund transfer that is
moving out of Canada just to avoid any problem when making the payment to
your bank account, but we have successfully gotten some of the fund release
approval documents from the legal department regarding this transaction.


Note that the (RBC) Royal Bank Of Canada Established in Ontario as of 1782
by Charles III, today the bank is a member of the Canadian System of Central
Banks. It is also the national supervisor of all the banking system around
Canada, and as such any transaction made out of this bank must go
successfully into the beneficiary's bank account without any hitch, and be
informed that every documentations required in your fund transfer must be
fully secured and send to you as soon as possible for proof and file keeping
before we can proceed.


However, we the Royal Bank Of Canada hereby advise you to quickly reconfirm
your full banking information to this bank once again to enable us cross
check it with the one they submitted to us before we can proceed with the
claim process of your fund, and this is to avoid any mistake or wrongful
transaction, and we will not be responsible for any lost of fund, so as a
result of this, we now advise you to kindly get back to us with your
Residential Home Address and your complete Banking details as to enable the
management of this bank facilitate the smooth release of your fund to your
account.

Upon the confirmation of your full details as instructed we will send our
Bank Attorney to proceed with securing of the necessary legal documents in
your name with immediate effect, and note that we have some of the approval
documents to your name already and we shall also send them to you as soon as
we hear from you for proof.


We awaiting your immediate response with your information to enable this
bank proceeds with the transfer of your approved fund and serve you better
as we were directed by the Canadian Government.
Thank you for choosing Royal Bank Of Canada.

Yours Faithfully,

Troy Mawell
The Managing Director.
(RBC) Royal Bank Of Canada.

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