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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: ks194052@gmail.com
Reply-To: fbank98119@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 22:30:11 +0200
Subject: From the desk of Mr William C.Dudley.




 
Headquarters: New York, NY, United States of America
Founded: 1914, New York City, New York, United States
ADDRESS: 33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001
 
From the desk of Mr William C.Dudley.
 
We have this day received a payment credit instruction from the Federal
Government of Benin Republic to credit your account with your full COMPENSATION
fund of US$4.7Million from the Benin reserve account with our UNITED STATES
FEDERAL RESERVE.
 
We apologies for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences we
might put you through, while we were having some minor problems with our
payment system which in all case not meeting up with fund beneficiary payments,
we apologies once again.
 
Meanwhile a woman came to this bank few days ago with a letter claiming to
be your true representative and is willing to pay $255 for the Fund Transfer
Acceptance Fee to have the fund delivered to her. Here is her information’s
below.
 
Name: Mrs. Maria Burris
Bank name: Bank Of America, USA
Account Number: 6503809008
Routing number: 322271627
Swift code#:WMSBUS88
Address: 1723 Palmdale Bulv
Palmdale ca..93586
 
Please do reconfirm to this bank as a matter of urgency if this woman is
from you or not so that the federal government will not beheld responsible for
paying into wrong account, if this woman is not your representative, you are
requested to fill and send this information’s for verification purpose so that
your fund valued ($4.700, 000.00 usd) will be remitted in to your nominated
bank account.
 
Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office
cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of
funds credited into a ghost account.
 
1. Bank Name:
2. Bank account number:
3. Route number:
4. Swift code:
5. Bank name:
6. Company name:
7. Position:
8. Address:
9. Working Id/ int’l Passport
10. Age:
11. Your telephone/Mobile number(Very Important)
 
Secondly,the only money you pay for the transfer to take place is just $255
being the Fund Transfer Acceptance Fee from the government of Benin,and you are
giving a limited time to send the payment and please be advise that you are to
send the payment to American Embassy office in Benin, Please be informed that
you are not going to pay any other payment to any body and do not be deceived
by any body to send any other payment.
 
I anticipate your urgent reply.
 
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Thanks and God bless you.
 
Sincerely.
Mr. William C. Dudley
(1 (307) 312-1392
Director Federal Reserve Bank.

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