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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: Vp Douglas Scarboro <kellyservices77@gmail.com>
Reply-To: federalreserve_bank22@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 21:33:02 -0400
Subject: Attention!



--

Attn: Beneficiary,

The total sum owed to you by 4 banks mention (4) different banks,
NatWest Bank of London, Central Bank of Nigeria, Benin Republic and
Bank of America was compiled and submitted to my desk. $ 4,500,000.00
(Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

Now the fund has been totally lodged in one particular Escrow account
(non deductible) here in the Federal Reserve Bank on your name, while
waiting for accreditation to your personal bank account in any part of
the world.

Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you
are disabled that the release of your payment was not released to you
because of one flimsy excuses or the other from the bank officials In
charge of your payment, since they had the intention of diverting your
funds To their private accounts in order to satisfy their selfish
interest.

You are now lucky that we managed to detect their evil plans, and you
have to call me so that we can personally handle the payment
assignment to ensure that you receive your funds accordingly.

Now, the Federal Reserve Bank, ensures that, your funds are
transferred to our banks so we can Expedite action for the
accreditation of your funds into your account immediately.

Below are the information needed for now for your transfer;
Personal Details:

Full Name:
Country:
City:
Age:
Gender:
Current Address:
Age / Gender:
Occupation:
Direct Mobile Number:
Passport Copy, ID card or DL:
Secure Email:
Note: If you prefer to receive your funds in form of a Visa Card, we
could load and ship your visa card to your address which will permit
you a daily withdrawal limit of US $ 5,000 or write a draft check
which can be deposited in any bank and send to you.

In anticipating for your urgent cooperation
Yours sincerely,
Vp Douglas Scarboro
Federal Reserve Bank


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