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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: "TONY HAYNES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <scottradeonline@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:19:08 -0400
Subject: YOUR UNCLIAMED CONSIGNMENT FUNDS

Tony Haynes(Branch Manager )
BANK NAME : Scottrade Financial Services Inc
ADDRESS: 12800 Corporate Hill Drive St. Louis, MO 63131-1834
CALL PHONE : +1( 913) 210 4999
EMAIL:scottradeonline@gmail.com
PHONE TEXT MESSAGE : (469) 340-2896
 
 
ATTN: Beneficary
 
This is an  urgent attention to create a possible payment means in other to disburse your Overdue Inhertitance/Consignment BOX funds Valued $15,000,000  at your most simplicity. before this exercise is carried out. { by opening a non residence Online current account in your favour where by transferring the total fund to your new opened account and make the account accessible by you, it shall enhance  your quick and easy access to your fund, transfer to any bank at your comfort without a banker or customer services, check your account balance and payment history, view bonus and interest when applied, etc,} there are procedures you need to maintain.  firstly we need to re-confirm the velocity of  your tendered information.
Our legal department shall make sure this exercise is legally ascertained and you are protected for feature references. 
We shall not delay this process and the account opening with the total fund crediting shall not exit 24hours after due statutory are meant.
 
The below details are mean requirement for your account opening, kindly reconfirm and get back to us with the details
 
*,FULL NAME:
*,SEX:
*,ADDRESS:
*,.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
*,.OCCUPATION:
*,.COUNTRY:
*,.E-MAIL:
*,. Date Of Birth.
*,.Passport ID Number.
 
As soon as we hear from you, confirming the information's as originally required for legal ascertaining , we shall forward the information to the concerned office at the telex dept to commence the fund disbursement
 
Hope to hear from you urgently.
 
we anticipate the favour of your co-operation.
 
Thanks.
 
Tony Haynes(Branch Manager )
Scottrade Financial Services Inc
12800 Corporate Hill Drive St. Louis, MO 63131-1834
CALL PHONE : +1( 913) 210 4999
PHONE TEXT MESSAGE : (469) 340-2896
       
 
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This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free. The Scottrade Financial Services Inc does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by the Trust Investment Group for operational or business reasons.
 
 

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