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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: BIS Alert System <alerts-noreply@bis.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:27:50 +0100
Subject: BIS International settlements

BIS e-mail alert

25 January 2016

Seasons Greetings,
You receive this email because your central bank submitted your name as one of the countrys victims of Unfair Bank Charges/Unprocessed Payment/Advance Fee Fraud.

Bank for International Settlement (BIS) is owned by over 60 member countries to foster international cooperation and to act as a bank for central banks. BIS mandated the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and BIS All Governors' meeting to look into above cases with a view to ;

1.Indentifing genuine cases and proffer methodology for direct settlement of victims .

2. Establish a Central Counter Parties (CCPs) that interposes itself between the two countries and provide standardized and transparent inter-bank settlement.

Plenary in November/December 2015 approved an initial payment of US 1,470,000.00 to all victims by direct debit of the accounts of the affected central banks and reimbursement to victims through designated banks account-linked (debit) cards which will be issued and delivered to your address on provision of postage.

Barclays Group and BankServ, Africa's largest automated clearing house has been mandated to program and issue these cards and deliver directly with Personal Activation Numbers (PIN) for activation. Send your name, physical address, mobile number to e-mail: bankserv@programmer.net Please note again, BankServ is not a bank, therefore you do not require them to effect any sort of deduction. Ensure you provide for a secured means of delivery of your debit cards.

I you have received this e-Notification and you have no knowledge of any of the above mentioned cases, you may have received the message in error or someone filed this claim using your information. Please notify the undersigned on +41 61 588 0003.


Yours truly,
William Coen
Secretary General, Basel Committee on Bank Supervision.







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