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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: Mohamed Raffat <mohemed.raffat@gmail.com>
Date: 01 Jun 2019 13:34:16 +0700
Subject: Financial Transaction,

GREETINGS,

IT'S INDEED MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL BE A SURPRISE TO YOU AS WE HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE. MY NAME IS MOHAMED RAFFAT; RETIRED BANK MANAGER IN AKBANK ELÂZIĞ EASTERN ANATOLIA,TURKEY.

I HAVE PACKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION, AS THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF MY BRANCH. IT IS MY DUTY TO SEND IN A FINANCIAL REPORT TO MY HEAD OFFICE AT THE END OF EACH BUSINESS YEAR. ON THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR 2018 BUSINESS REPORT BEFORE I WAS RETIRED IN APRIL, I DISCOVERED THAT MY BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE (NINE MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) ($9,950,000,00USD). I REALIZED THIS FUND FROM BANK EXCESS PROFIT AFTER TRADING WITH THE CAPITAL SUM. I DEPOSITED THE FUND IN ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT, WHERE NOBODY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE FUNDS, EVEN THE BANK DOSE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS ACCOUNT BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE DEDUCTED, UNTIL AFTER THE TRANSFER, FINALLY I DID NOT DECLARE THIS FUND TO THE BANK BEFORE MY RETIREMENT.

AS AN OFFICER OF THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS FUND, SO MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME RECEIVE THIS FUND IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 30% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS COMMISSION WHILE 5% FOR ANY EXPENSES THEN 60% SHALL BE FOR ME. THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO RISKS INVOLVED, IT WILL BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER AND ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND AND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THESE FUNDS WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH MY BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE CAN ORDER THE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT. IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME, I WILL APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

YOUR’S TRULY,
MOHAMED RAFFAT,


 

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