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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: "GTBank E-Statement" <AccountStatesments.gtbank@judiciaryzambia.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:33:00 +0100
Subject: STAMP DUTY DEBIT ON YOUR ACCOUNT


30-Oct-2020 =

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A charge of N102,192.50 will be deducted from your account for the cummula=
ted stamp duty charges for the month of October and the new FGN VAT increas=
e of 7.5%. =

If you wish to reject the registration request, follow the cancel referenc=
e below
https://www.gtbank.com/internetbanking/login/security.aspx?
=

As your opinion is important to us, we would like you to re-confirm your K=
YC details with us below
https://www.gtbank.com/internetbanking/login/security.aspx??cancel=3D1

NOTE: If you do not respond within 12 hours of this notice, you would recei=
ve a successful debit alert on your account confirming your registration.
=

You would have to confirm you are an active account holder with us by foll=
owing the procedures from your GTBank Internet banking account.
=

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Thank you for choosing Guaranty Trust Bank plc =

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"Your Internet Banking user ID and password, ATM card number and PI=
N are confidential and should never be disclosed to anyone".
=

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Kindly log on to our website www.gtbank.com OR =

Call GTConnect on 0700 GTConnect (0700 482666328), 01 448 0000, 0803 900 3=
900 or 0802 900 2900 for more information. =

NB:
Our notification service sent this mail to you using a default setting and=
the information you supplied to us when your account was opened.
If you wish to limit the type of mails you receive or the email address(es=
) in use, please send an email to us by clicking on the link below:
Send a Mail to Guaranty Trust Bank eLectronic Notification Service (GeNS) =

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Terms & Conditions | Disclaimer | Multilingual Disclaimer | Code of Commit=
ment | Group Code of Business Conduct and Ethics | =20

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