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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: "Mr. Frankly Williams" <test@aou.or.jp>
Reply-To: franklywilliams00001@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:03:31 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR CONTRACT/ INHERITANCE FILE
BY MR. AURTHUR G.POUCHE.

Dear Sir/ Madam,

CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR CONTRACT/ INHERITANCE FILE BY MR.
AURTHUR G.POUCHE.

My name is Frankly Williams, following the directives received from the
office of the Federal Reserve Bank NY, as a result of petitions and
counter petitions by foreign contractors over non-payment of their
contract/ inheritance claims, this office has been appointed to look into
all overdue payments of clients yet to be released for verification,
vetting and immediate payment. Your name is among the list of
beneficiaries released for verification and immediate payment. Be informed
that there are different accounts submitted for payment by your local
representatives in conjunction with the KTT director, Federal Reserve Bank
, NY. We do not know which of the accounts to effect your payment to.

Therefore, you are hereby required to verify the following immediately:
-did your broker debt to one Mr. Arthur G. Pouche, from United States of
America? Did you sign any "deed of assignment" in his favor, thereby
making him the current beneficiary with the following account details?
Wells Fargo Bank,
Bank Add: n.a.420 Montgomery Street san Francisco ca 94104
Bank routing number: 121 000 248
A/C #: 0832833016.

You are required as a matter of urgency to confirm the legitimacy of the
above claim and kindly give us reason why you decided to affect the above
change of account. If you are not aware of this claim, please confirm to
us immediately by stating your authentic account details, for proper
remittance of your fund.

Also required are documents authenticating your claim? Due to the long
delay this payment has suffered, be rest assured that immediately these
payment irregularities are cleared, you will receive your fund remittance
analysis for clearance of funds into your account through our affiliated
Bank for payment.

Note that we are bound to recognize Mr. Arthur G. Pouche claims, if you
fail to promptly respond to this inquiry following the deed of assignment
he submitted to claim this payment. Make sure you get back to me as soon
as possible so that the necessary action will be taken immediately.

Once you receive this message, respond accordingly to enable me start
processing your payment to make changes in your favor. All correspondence
should be channeled through telephone and e-mail only for security
reasons.

Frankly Williams
Dept/Payment Recovery Dept.
franklywilliams00001@hotmail.com
Federal Deposit Insurance Co-operation. (FDIC)

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