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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "RIVER CITY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rivercity.bank@bk.ru>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 04:52:08 -0700
Subject: RE: CHANGE OF YOUR BANK A/C DETAILS/REPLY URGENTLY!
DATE: 03/29/2019
MY DEAR
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
It will be very important to reply to this mail as soon as you receive it based on the message that we received from MR JAMES CRAIG HENNAGER today 03/29/2019 that you have been sick and hospitalized which has made it impossible for you to proceed with the claims of your fund for which you have authorized him to process for the CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP of the fund to his name but we deem it wise to write this message to see if we can hear from you or any member of your family can reply to this mail to confirm that the aforementioned person has been authorized to receive the fund on your behalf.
Below are the bank account details that MR JAMES have passed to us for the purpose of remitting the fund to him, thus:-
BANK NAME: NEIGHBORS CREDIT UNION
BANK ADDRESS: 6300 SOUTH LINDBERGH ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63123 USA
A/C NO: 89439
A/C NAME: JAMES CRAIG HENNAGER
ROUTING NUMBERS: 281082384
BANK TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 314-892-5400
We shall be looking forward to your urgent attention to this mail today and if you need further clarifications, you can call our Foreign Operations Director, MR JOHNSON MOORE on telephone number + 44-7509 680423 as soon as you receive this message.
Thanks for your understanding
Yours in banking service
MS CLAIRE DOUGLAS
(COMMERCIAL BANKING DEPT)
RIVER-CITY INVESTMENT BANK
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