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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: "douglas bate" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 23:43:34 +0100
Subject: DO YOU NEED ALOAN

Dear Customer,

You are to contact the bank with the Set-up code which I have provided for you (00F15CODE06).This code is to identify your application through our online Ads .You are to email them and request for an instruction on how to open a loan offshore online checking account with the bank.

NURAL BANK
Gap Mahallesi, 72070 Batman Merkez/Batman, Turkey.
Phone +90 488 215 04 44
Fax : +90 488 808 51 66
Web: http://nuralbanking.org
Email: info@nuralbanking.org
Contact Person: Mr. Douglas Bate
(International Correspondence Department)

Please note: THIS EMAIL MAY CONTAIN PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION, PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, you must safeguard personnel information. Disclosure of information is governed by Title 5, United nations Code Section 552a Public Law 93-579, DoDD 5400.11, DoDR 5400.11-R and applicable serve directives.

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