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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: Andrew Webb <mooredavid809@gmail.com>
Reply-To: manager@swiftamericanbank.com
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 00:44:47 +0100
Subject: Swift American Bank Notification..

Hello,

We the entire SWIFT AMERICAN BANK Branch of JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
33202, United States Of America has received a mandated instruction
letter from the Federal Reserve Bank New York to release your
Inheritance fund sum of US$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) to you.

Following the problems of wire transfer all over the World by the IMF;
and WORLD Bank Organization due to the Covid-19 pandemic in demanding
of different kind of documents before the successful completion of
transaction.

The management of SWIFT AMERICAN BANK Branch have decided to release
your fund through the safe and fastest way of ONLINE BANKING/WIRE
TRANSFER SYSTEM and it has been approved by the United States
Government under the supervision of the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) and
we have been instructed for the immediate release of your fund within
few working days as soon as you comply with all instructions given to
you hereunder.

Regarding this, you are advise to reconfirm your full information as follows;

Full Name:
Home Address:
Occupation:
Date of Birth:
Cell phone number:
Driving License or International Passport:


As soon as these information's are provided, we will open the new
online banking account in your name and send you the Login which is
USERNAME, and PASSWORD including the Website for you to login your
online account and start transferring your fund to your local bank
account or any bank of your choice in the world.

Finally we are waiting for your response to enable us proceed your
payment accordingly without delay.

Thanks for banking with us ,

Andrew Webb
Branch Manager,
Swift American Finance Inc.

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