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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: contact@citibbngroup.com
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 07:44:10 -0700
Subject: FROM CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL KENYA

CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL KENYA
Address Upper Hill Rd, Nairobi, Kenya Branch
Office Telephone: +254724655672
Email: contact@citibbngroup.com

By means of this message, we wish to inform you that your hour of compensation and actualization has come after our meeting with the United Nations, and the World Bank Management include our bank Citibank management, It has been agreed that your real approved funds valued US $4,800,000.00 will now be processed and released to your Bank Account through our Wire Transfer system or through our Online banking system depends on how you want to receive the funds.

However, it may interest you to know that after the meeting, with the above mentioned office's have entered into full partnership with the Citibank Management and your funds Total valued US $4,800,000.00 will now credited to your Bank account by the Wire Transfer or Online banking system from our Citibank Management Kenya as soon as you make contact with us and meet the requires.

To this effect, you are to contact us with your information listed below for the immediate release of your funds.

Full Name: ...............
Address: ....................
Country: .....................
Telephone: ....................
Mobile: ........................
Email: .........................

Bank Name: --------------------------
Address: ----------------------------
Account No :. ------------------------
Routing No :. ------------------------
Swift Code: -------------------------
Account Name: -----------------------

Thanks for banking with Citibank while we looking forward to serving you with the best of our service.

Best Regards
Susan
Approved By
William R. Rhodes
Executives Director Citibank Kenya
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they are addressed. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this
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Prohibited.
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