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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: "Fnr. Usa Ambassador" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <grahammcisaac@ymail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 01:20:52 -0400
Subject: Fund interception

Attn; Dear Inheritor,

I am Mr. Graham McIsaac, Former U.S.A Ambassador to Nigeria. With reference to your entitlement fund and inline with the CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY'S APPLICATION, signed by Dr Frederic Gomez, with your purported authorization. This issue has been carefully examined and we have declined Dr.Frederic Gomez's application as the application lacks regular signature. But Did you ever instruct Dr.Frederic Gomez to claim your fund worth US$7.000.000? A lot of foreign citizens are involved in business transaction in Nigeria without notifying their Embassy in Nigeria to investigate on it before they carry on such business. Due to the high rate of scam activities going on in the global world, all foreign citizens having a business,employment,marriage engagement,settlement should contact their embassy here in Nigeria for proper investigation,a report guide will be returned to you if such is real or not.

Below is the bank account information provided by Dr.Frederic Gomez, saying that you authorized that the fund should be remitted into the account below
1. BANK NAME: BANK OF AMERICA
2. BANK ADDRESS: Kerrville Texas 78028 USA
3. ACCOUNT #: 3202650
4. ROUTING #: 114922443

If you had not authorized the change of your bank account in respect to your outstanding entitlement Payment, therefore notify me immediately as the notification/declaration was supported with a sworn affidavit from Lagos high court ref: ilk/jj/202/k2017, dated 02nd April, 2017 and signed by Dr.Frederic Gomez who claim and stated in the sworn declaration that you authorized him to claim the said fund on your behalf to a different bank account in the U.S.A as stated above because you were terminally ill and the Doctor who is in-charge of your case stated that you will not stay more than one Month before passing away.

This development has caused lots of discrepancies in your payment file that is why we had to suspend your payment and prompted to contact you directly before re-validating your payment. You can be rest assured that I will do everything within my capacity to successfully actualize the quick transfer of your fund to any of your nominated bank account. Kindly get back to me as soon as possible so that I will direct you on what to do.

Sincerely
Yours Mr Graham McIsaac
Former U.S.A Ambassador to Nigeria


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