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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: Zenith Bank Plc <stanley.ejiogu001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: foreign_operatios001@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:38:22 +0100
Subject: BENEFICIARY OF FUNDS

ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA
ATM SECTION HEADQUARTERS,
PLOT 110 TIMUBU SQUARE,
VICTORIA, LAGOS,
NIGERIA

Attn: Beneficiary of funds valued
at $10,500.000.00

Dear Sir/Madam,


We are not sure you received our previous message but we wish to use
this medium to officially inform you that following the ongoing review
of all unclaimed and delayed funds by the United Nations and the World
Bank, your payment file was forwarded to our office for immediate
payment of your long delayed funds starting with a first transfer of
US$10,500,000.00 with reference No. WBC/LU-14GN, to your bank account
or you can receive your payment via corperate ATM card/Certified Bank
Draft/Cheque.

Please Confirm the information, if you are truly the beneficiary of the funds..

If you are the original beneficiary please confirm through an
identification of yours, international passport or driving license,
before we will start the process of your own transfer into your bank
account or send a Cheque/Master/Visa ATM card to you via courier
express.

Kindly contact our Account officer and request for your part payment
of US$10.5 million US dollars and the person to contact is no other
person than Mr. Stanley Ejiogu. with the following additional details,

CONTACT PERSON:
MR FRED WILSON
ATM CARD CENTER
TEL: 234-811-5514-285
Email: foreign_operatios001@yahoo.com

Kindly re-confirm the following details below.

1. YOUR FULL NAMES:
2. Address:
3 PHONE NUMBER:
4. SEX:
5. AGE:
6. OCCUPATION:
7. COUNTRY:
8. YOUR PASSPORT/DRIVER'S LICENSE PHTO COPY.

Thanks for your antispation.

Yours in Services
Mr. Patrick Ozobia
Director of Operations
Zenith Bank Plc,
Nigeria.

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