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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: "Reserve Bank" <infodesk1100@gmail.com>
Reply-To: atmdept.office@yandex.com
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 23:48:05 +0200
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary.

SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK
57 NTEMI PILISO ST, JOHANNESBURG, 2001.
SOUTH AFRICA

RESERVE BANK PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD.

Attention: Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that Reserve Bank Compensation Center (RBCC) has mapped a huge amount to INTERNATIONAL SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTERS in 27 countries and TWO INTERNATIONAL BANKS for distribution to successful claimants. This payment is made under the 2016 first phase of the payment mechanism established by the RBCC Governing Council. Your EMAIL came up under the list of people who have long outstanding claims from WINNING PRIZE, INHERITANCE OF FUND & CONTRACTORS to governments.

Your Payment File was submitted to this office in respect of your total long over-due amount for which we have approved the sum of £5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS) to you as part of the compensation on your long awaiting fund related transaction process. You have failed to claim because of either non-compliance with official processes by the payment officers who have been handling the payment and we wish to bring the solution to this problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center in South Africa through payment agencies, where this amount has been approved in your name. However, while the agency has tried to contact you without success a person in the name of Morris Anderson an American citizen sent a message and called the agencies claiming that he has your mandate to claim the funds. Do you know this person and did you authorize him to claim the funds on your behalf?

However, if you don’t know him, you are advice to contact your SWIFT CARD PAYMENT AGENCIES DIRECTOR: Mr. Donald Cole, Email: atmdept.office@yandex.com Tel: + 27 81 724 8772, for the process and release of your compensation with your information below:

1. Full name
2. Postal Address
3. Your Age and Gender
4. Occupation / Position
5. Phone and Fax number
6. Attached Copy of your Passport or National ID

The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out £5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS) as part payment for this fiscal year 2016. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in recovering and receiving your Card.

Note that because of impostors we hereby issue you our Code of Conduct, which is (SARB-07016) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the payment director by using it as your subject to enable the Agent refer to your file in their payment data base to enhance immediate response to you for your payment. We are sorry for what you must have passed through. Failure to establish contact, your payment file will be suspended due to negligence.

NB: Your Card has been approved for sending, and you will take care of the delivery cost which the agencies assigned will notify you about, the amount code is (DTJ )$385, you have the right to ask questions or lay complain if there is any further demand.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Vusi Indaba
Online Affairs Coordinator
Reserve Bank Compensation Center (RBCC)

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